Gilpin Point: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Bahamas
collected by P. Maillis 2009-2013
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chelonoidis sp.
(Fitzinger 1835)
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| original and current combination Geochelone (Chelonoidis) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus rhombifer
Cuvier 1807
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| NMB collection | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Capromyidae
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Geocapromys sp.
Chapman 1901
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Bahamas | State/province: | Great Abaco Island |
| Coordinates: | 26.1° North, 77.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.1° North, 77.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | peat |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | P. Maillis | Collection dates: | 2009-2013 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Abaco | ||
| Database number: | 198651 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-01-04 10:31:05 | Last modified: | 2019-01-04 10:41:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-01-04 10:31:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67679. | G. S. Morgan and N. A. Albury. 2013. The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from late Quaternary fossil deposits in the Bahamas and Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(3):161-236 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |