Where: Guadeloupe (15.9° N, 61.2° W: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 61.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• A radiocarbon date obtained on a sample of the organic fraction from the layer 5 sediment produced an age of 10,690 ± 70 years uncal BP (Lyon-6976_SacA 19445). Good agreement with the dating of the overlying rubble layer (layer 3, 9740 ± 50 years uncal BP, Lyon-5726_SacA-14261) and underlying layer 6 (14,010 ± 80 years, Lyon-6977_SacA 19446) indicates that the formation of layer 5 can be securely placed to the latest Pleistocene.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Gala and A. Lenoble. 2015. Evidence of the former existence of an endemic macaw in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles. Journal of Ornithology 156:1061-1066 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194489: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2018

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