Ritidian Cave 1, unit 1, layer II (Holocene of Guam)

Where: Guam (13.6° N, 144.9° E: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 144.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2005

Primary reference: G. K. Pregill and D. W. Steadman. 2009. The prehistory and biogeography of terrestrial vertebrates on Guam, Mariana Islands. Diversity and Distributions 15:983-996 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 208641: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Perochirus ateles, Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus, Emoia sleveni, Ramphotyphlops sp., Emballonura semicaudata
Reptilia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus indicus
Varanus indicus monitor lizard
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae "n. sp."
Gekkonidae "n. sp." Gray 1825 gecko
Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet., Ptilinopus roseicapilla, "Gallicolumba xanthonura" = Alopecoenas xanthonurus
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove
Ptilinopus roseicapilla Lesson 1831 Mariana fruit-dove
"Gallicolumba xanthonura" = Alopecoenas xanthonurus Temminck 1823 white-throated ground-dove
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Aplonis opaca
Aplonis opaca Kittlitz 1833 Micronesian starling
 Passeriformes - Zosteropidae
Zosteropidae "n. sp."
Zosteropidae "n. sp." Bonaparte 1853 white-eye
 Passeriformes - Monarchidae
Myiagra freycineti
Myiagra freycineti Oustalet 1881 Guam flycatcher
 Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
"Collocalia vanikorensis" = Aerodramus vanikorensis
"Collocalia vanikorensis" = Aerodramus vanikorensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 uniform swiftlet