Cerro de San Francisco, Stratum 3: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Dominican Republic
collected by Marcano, Ray, Rand 1958
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Hirundinidae
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Petrochelidon fulva
(Vieillot 1808)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Thraupidae
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Loxigilla violacea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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23 specimens | ||||||
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Tiaris bicolor
(Linnaeus 1766)
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91 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Calyptophilidae
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Calyptophilus frugivorus
(Cory 1883)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Vireonidae
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Vireo altiloquus
(Vieillot 1808)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Lawrencia nana
(Lawrence 1875)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Vireo nanus | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Parulidae
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Parulidae indet.
Wetmore et al. 1947
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Dendroica sp.
Gray 1842
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2 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Setophaga | |||||||
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Seiurus aurocapillus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Seiurus aurocapilla | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phaenicophilidae
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Phaenicophilus palmarum
(Linnaeus 1766)
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34 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Dulidae
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Dulus dominicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Turdidae
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Mimocichla plumbea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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5 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Turdus plumbeus | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Tyrannidae
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Tyrannus dominicensis
(Gmelin 1788)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Contopus sp.
Cabanis 1855
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Passerellidae
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Brachyspiza capensis
(Statius Muller 1776)
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15 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Zonotrichia capensis | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Rallidae
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Porphyrula martinica
(Linnaeus 1766)
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5 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Porphyrio martinica | |||||||
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Porzana carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Porzana flaviventer
(Boddaert 1783)
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7 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Hapalocrex flaviventer | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Cuculidae
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Hyetornis rufigularis
(Hartlaub 1852)
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6 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Coccyzus rufigularis | |||||||
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Saurothera longirostris
(Hermann 1783)
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13 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Coccyzus longirostris | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Columbidae
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Columbigallina passerina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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235 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Columbina passerina | |||||||
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Columba leucocephala
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Patagioenas leucocephala | |||||||
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Columba squamosa
Bonnaterre 1792
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Patagioenas squamosa | |||||||
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Geotrygon sp.
Gosse 1847
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Zenaida asiatica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Todidae
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Todus angustirostris
Lafresnaye 1851
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Todus subulatus
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Picidae
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Picidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Melanerpes striatus
(Statius Muller 1776)
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Nesoctites micromegas
(Sundevall 1866)
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Trogonidae
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Temnotrogon roseigaster
(Vieillot 1817)
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5 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Priotelus roseigaster | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Strigidae
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Asio sp.
Brisson 1760
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Trochilidae
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Anthracothorax dominicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Caprimulgidae
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Siphonorhis brewsteri
(Chapman 1917)
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19 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.1° North, 71.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.1° North, 71.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: A light brown layer, 3-4 feet thick, containing remains of lizards, birds, bats, sloth, Isolobodon, Brotomys, Plagiodontia, and Nesophontes, but without evidence of human occupancy or domestic animals. It is thought to be of late Pleistocene age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | FMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Marcano, Ray, Rand | Collection dates: | 1958 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194485 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-20 21:29:16 | Last modified: | 2018-06-20 21:29:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-20 21:29:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66058. | L. Bernstein. 1965. Fossil birds from the Dominican Republic. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 28:271-284 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |