Sawmill Sink owl roost (Pleistocene of Bahamas)

Also known as Abaco

Where: Great Abaco Island, Bahamas (26.2° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 77.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

Collection methods: core, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, R. Franz, G. S. Morgan, N. A. Albury, B. Kakuk, K. Broad, S. E. Franz, K. Tinker, M. P. Pateman, T. A. Lott, D. M. Jarzen and D. L. Dilcher. 2007. Exceptionally well preserved late Quaternary plant and vertebrate fossils from a blue hole on Abaco, The Bahamas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(50):19897-19902 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144663: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.05.2013, edited by Mark Uhen and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843 leaf-nosed bat
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 Mexican free-tailed bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Reptilia
 Squamata - Dipsadidae
Cubophis cf. vudii1 Cope 1862 snake
 Squamata -
Scolecophidia indet.1 Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake
 Squamata - Typhlopidae
Typhlops sp. Oppel 1811 blind snake
 Squamata - Colubridae
Pantherophis sp.1 Fitzinger 1843 colubrid snake
Alsophis sp. Fitzinger 1843 colubrid snake
Nerodia sp.1 Baird and Girard 1853 water snake
 Squamata - Boidae
Epicrates striatus rainbow boa
Chilabothrus cf. exsul1 Netting and Goin 1944 boa
 Squamata - Polychrotidae
Anolis sagrei Dumeril and Bibron 1837 Brown anole
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Chelonoidis sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier 1807 Cuban crocodile
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Gallinago kakuki3 Steadman and Takano 2016 snipe
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758 American kestrel
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Eudocimus albus Linnaeus 1758 White ibis
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Nyctanassa violacea Linnaeus 1758 yellow-crowned night heron
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Mimidae
Margarops fuscatus Vieillot 1808 pearly-eyed thrasher
 Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Contopus caribaeus d'Orbigny 1839 Cuban pewee
 Passeriformes - Thraupidae
Tiaris bicolor Linnaeus 1766 black-faced grassquit
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Spizella passerina Bechstein 1798 chipping sparrow
 Passeriformes - Parulidae
Geothlypis rostrata Bryant 1867 Bahama yellowthroat
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
Sturnella magna Linnaeus 1758 eastern meadowlark
 Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Petrochelidon fulva Vieillot 1808 cave swallow
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallus cyanocavi n. sp.2 Steadman et al. 2013 rail
 Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes sp. Vigors 1825 woodpecker
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
"Amazona leucocephala" = Psittacus leucocephalus
"Amazona leucocephala" = Psittacus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1758 Cuban parrot
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Zenaida aurita, "Columba leucocephala" = Patagioenas leucocephala
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
"Columba leucocephala" = Patagioenas leucocephala Linnaeus 1758 white-crowned pigeon
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto sp. Billberg 1828 barn owl
 Accipitriformes - Pandionidae
Pandion haliaetus Linnaeus 1758 osprey
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter sp. Brisson 1760 hawk
Accipiter cooperii/gundlachii