Hoq Cave: Holocene, Yemen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Xerotyphlops socotranus leaf (Boulenger 1889)
Reptilia - Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Ditypophis vivax leaf Günther 1881
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Mesalina balfouri (Blanford 1881)
Reptilia - Chamaeleonidae
Chamaeleo monachus leaf Gray 1865
Reptilia - Scincidae
Trachylepis socotrana leaf (Peters 1882)
Reptilia - Phyllodactylidae
Haemodracon riebeckii leaf (Peters 1882)
Haemodracon trachyrhinus leaf (Boulenger 1899)
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinus persicus Hume 1872
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Laniidae
Lanius excubitor leaf Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Oenanthe sp. Vieillot 1816
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passeridae
Passer insularis leaf Sclater and Hartlaub 1881
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Nectariniidae
Chalcomitra balfouri leaf (Sclater and Hartlaub 1881)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Rhynchostruthus socotranus Sclater and Hartlaub 1881
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Zosteropidae
Zosterops abyssinicus leaf Guérin-Méneville 1843
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Sylviidae
Sylviidae indet. Vigors 1825
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus sp. Scopoli 1777
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Spilopelia senegalensis leaf (Linnaeus 1766)
Oena capensis leaf (Linnaeus 1766)
Treron waalia leaf (Meyer 1793)
Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Coraciidae
Coracias garrulus Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Mammalia - Soricidae
Suncus madagascariensis (Coquerel 1848)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Mus domesticus Shwarz and Shwarz 1943
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout 1769)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinopomatidae
Rhinopoma cystops Thomas 1903
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar 1828
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Hypsugo lanzai Benda et al. 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Yemen
Coordinates: 12.6° North, 54.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.6° North, 54.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:169046
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo, M. Clapham Enterer:C. Jaramillo, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-05-05 19:46:17 Last modified:2024-04-04 23:14:19
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-05 19:46:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
88092. G. Ramello, M. Delfino, E. Mori, A. Viviano, G. Pavia, G. Carnevale, and M. Pavia. 2024. Holocene vertebrate assemblages provide the first evidence for the presence of the barn owl (Tytonidae, Tyto alba) on Socotra Island (Yemen). Geobios 83:85-98 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]