Banana Hole (UF collection): Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Bahamas
collected by Dickinson, Auffenberg, Hanlon, Russell 1958, 1960
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma cahow
(Nichols and Mowbray 1916)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Egretta caerulea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto pollens
Wetmore 1937
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16 specimens | |||||||||
11 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Athene cunicularia
(Molina 1782)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 63 specimens | ||||||||
Glaucidium dickinsoni n. sp.
Brodkorb 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Athene cunicularia | ||||||||||
Otus providentiae n. sp.
Brodkorb 1959
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5 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Athene cunicularia | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Piciformes
- Picidae
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Colaptes sp.
Vigors 1825
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Xiphidiopicus percussus
(Temminck 1826)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Picoides villosus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Sphyrapicus varius
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Melanerpes superciliaris
(Temminck 1827)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
20 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Bathoceleus hyphalus n. gen., n. sp.
Brodkorb 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Melanerpes superciliaris | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Cuculiformes
- Cuculidae
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Coccyzus minor
(Gmelin 1788)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Coccyzus merlini
(d'Orbigny 1839)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Saurothera merlini | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittacidae
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Amazona leucocephala
(Linnaeus 1758)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Psittacus leucocephalus | ||||||||||
30 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Columbidae indet.
Illiger 1811
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Columbina passerina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Columba squamosa
Bonnaterre 1792
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22 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Patagioenas squamosa | ||||||||||
16 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Columba leucocephala
Linnaeus 1758
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60 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Patagioenas leucocephala | ||||||||||
40 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Geotrygon chrysia
Bonaparte 1855
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | 26 specimens | ||||||||
21 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Zenaida aurita
(Temminck 1809)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
9 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Zenaida asiatica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Porphyrio martinicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Porphyrio martinica | ||||||||||
Porzana carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Icteridae
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Sturnella magna
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
Molothrus ater
(Boddaert 1783)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Spindalidae
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Spindalis zena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Mimidae
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Mimus gundlachii
Cabanis 1855
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23 specimens | |||||||||
21 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Phaenicophilidae
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Xenoligea cf. montana
(Chapman 1917)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Tyrannidae
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Tyrannus dominicensis
(Gmelin 1788)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Tyrannus cubensis
Richmond 1898
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Tyrannus caudifasciatus
d'Orbigny 1839
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Myiarchus sagrae
(Gundlach 1852)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Passerellidae
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Passerculus sandwichensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Thraupidae
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Loxigilla violacea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Tiaris bicolor
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Polioptilidae
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Polioptila caerulea
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Parulidae
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Setophaga coronata
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus wetmorei n. sp.
Brodkorb 1959
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98 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Corvus nasicus | ||||||||||
91 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Corvus palmarum
Württemburg 1835
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
3 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Vireonidae
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Vireo crassirostris
(Bryant 1859)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Vireo altiloquus
(Vieillot 1808)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Hirundinidae
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Petrochelidon fulva
(Vieillot 1808)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Sialia sialis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Turdus plumbeus
Linnaeus 1758
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 54 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Caprimulgidae
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Caprimulgidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Trochilidae
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Chlorostilbon ricordii
(Gervais 1835)
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Accipiter striatus
Vieillot 1897
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Titanohierax gloveralleni
Wetmore 1937
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Calohierax quadratus
Wetmore 1937
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9 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Buteo quadratus | ||||||||||
8 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Caracara creightoni n. sp.
Brodkorb 1959
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2 specimens | |||||||||
2 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Falco sparverius
Linnaeus 1758
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Oswald and Steadman 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Burhinidae
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Burhinus nanus n. sp.
Brodkorb 1959
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13 specimens | |||||||||
10 in Oswald & Steadman 2018 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Gallinago kakuki n. sp.
Steadman and Takano 2016
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Steadman and Takano 2016 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Bahamas | State/province: | New Providence Island |
Coordinates: | 25.0° North, 77.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 25.0° North, 77.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The age of the fossil deposit in Banana Hole is uncertain, although the strong representation of arid-adapted species of birds identified by Brodkorb (1959), Olson and Hilgartner (1982), and herein suggests that the fossils probably date to the late Pleistocene. In May 2016, we attempted to radiocarbon (14C) date 2 femora of the rodent G. ingrahami from Banana Hole at Beta Analytic Inc., but neither specimen (Beta432277, 432278) had enough collagen to yield results. A 14C date (Beta-24481) of 7,980 +/- 230 yr BP was reported by Morgan (1989) based on collagen extracted from an unknown number of bones of G. ingrahami from Banana
Hole. When calendrically calibrated (using OxCal13), this 14C date is 9,437 to 8,400 Cal BP (calibrated years before present; 95.4% confidence). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | sinkhole |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | FMNH | ||
Collectors: | Dickinson, Auffenberg, Hanlon, Russell | Collection dates: | 1958, 1960 |
Metadata
Database number: | 194588 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-06-22 20:07:52 | Last modified: | 2018-06-22 22:37:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-22 20:07:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
50474. | P. Brodkorb. 1959. Pleistocene birds from New Providence Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 4(11):349-371 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] |
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] | |
66112 | J. A. Oswald and D. W. Steadman. 2018. The late Quaternary bird community of New Providence, Bahamas. The Auk 135:359-377 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
72395 | D. W. Steadman and O. M. Takano. 2016. A new extinct species of Snipe (Aves: Scolopacidae: Gallinago) from the West Indies. Zootaxa 4109:345-358 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |