Cueva Loma de Juan (Pleistocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Sanchez Ramirez, Dominican Republic (19.0° N, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.0° N, 70.2° W)

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

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• Cueva Loma de Juan. Altitude 200 m. An open collapse pit 14 m deep, with a small area of cave sediment at the lower end that has not been buried by debris (McFarlane et al. 2000)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. McFarlane, A. Vale, K. Christenson, J. Lundberg, G. Atilles and S. E. Lauritzen. 2000. New Specimens of Late Quaternary Extinct Mammals from Caves in Sanchez Ramirez Province, Dominican Republic. Caribbean Journal of Science 36(1-2):163-166 [J. Carrillo/K. Pino]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 235214: authorized by Juan Carrillo, entered by Kateryn Pino on 10.06.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Isolobodon cf. portoricensis
Isolobodon cf. portoricensis Flemming and MacPhee 1999 spiny rat
 Rodentia - Capromyidae
Plagiodontia sp.
Plagiodontia sp. Cuvier 1836 hutia
 Rodentia - Heptaxodontidae
Quemisia gravis
Quemisia gravis Miller 1929 caviomorph