Gordon Hill caves, Crooked Island: Holocene, Bahamas
collected by F.G. Rainey, A. Armour 1933-1934
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittacidae
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Amazona leucocephala
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Psittacus leucocephalus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Columba leucocephala
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Patagioenas leucocephala | ||||||||||
| 1 is Pterodroma cahow | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Mimidae
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Mimus gundlachii
Cabanis 1855
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Corvus nasicus
Temminck 1826
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Sula leucogaster
(Boddaert 1783)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Threskiornithidae
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Guara alba
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Eudocimus albus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma cf. hasitata
(Kuhl 1820)
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Part of Pterodroma cahow in Wetmore 1938 (YPM 2434) | ||||||||||
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Puffinus puffinus
(Brunnich 1764)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Pterodroma cahow
Nichols and Mowbray 1916
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | |||||||||
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Pterodroma cahow
(Nichols and Mowbray 1916)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Puffinus lherminieri
Lesson 1839
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Only carpometacarpus YPM 2433 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Sterna fuscata
Linnaeus 1766
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Onychoprion fuscatus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Pandionidae
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Pandion haliaetus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Bahamas |
| Coordinates: | 22.8° North, 74.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.8° North, 74.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The deposit containing the bird bones was a relatively hard stratum about one foot in thickness, buried under from six to twelve inches of sand. Contained ash and charcoal, many opercula of conch shells, some crude pottery, and a few bone artifacts and tortoiseshell fishhook. The bones seem fairly old, and are considered pre-Columbian though there is no definite criterion to establish their actual age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
| Collectors: | F.G. Rainey, A. Armour | Collection dates: | 1933-1934 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 145366 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, M. Clapham | Enterer: | C. Suarez-Gomez, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-01 12:13:50 | Last modified: | 2018-06-22 21:07:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-01 12:13:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66110. | A. Wetmore. 1938. Bird remains from the West Indies. The Auk 55:51-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 66109 | S. L. Olson and W. B. Hilgartner. 1982. Fossil and subfossil birds from the Bahamas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 48:22-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |