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
Pterodroma cahow (Nichols and Mowbray 1916)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus 1758)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto pollens Wetmore 1937
16 specimens
11 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cunicularia (Molina 1782)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 63 specimens
Glaucidium dickinsoni n. sp. Brodkorb 1959
1 specimen
synonym of Athene cunicularia
Otus providentiae n. sp. Brodkorb 1959
5 specimens
synonym of Athene cunicularia
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes sp. Vigors 1825
Oswald and Steadman 2018 9 specimens
Xiphidiopicus percussus (Temminck 1826)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 2 specimens
Picoides villosus (Linnaeus 1766)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus 1766)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Melanerpes superciliaris (Temminck 1827)
21 specimens
20 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Bathoceleus hyphalus n. gen., n. sp. Brodkorb 1959
1 specimen
synonym of Melanerpes superciliaris
Reptilia - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Coccyzus minor (Gmelin 1788)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Coccyzus merlini (d'Orbigny 1839)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 5 specimens
original and current combination Saurothera merlini
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Amazona leucocephala (Linnaeus 1758)
32 specimens
original and current combination Psittacus leucocephalus
30 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811
Olson and Hilgartner 1982 4 specimens
Columbina passerina (Linnaeus 1758)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 4 specimens
Columba squamosa Bonnaterre 1792
22 specimens
recombined as Patagioenas squamosa
16 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Columba leucocephala Linnaeus 1758
60 specimens
recombined as Patagioenas leucocephala
40 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Geotrygon chrysia Bonaparte 1855
Olson and Hilgartner 1982 26 specimens
21 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Zenaida aurita (Temminck 1809)
19 specimens
9 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus 1758)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 8 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrio martinicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 3 specimens
recombined as Porphyrio martinica
Porzana carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Sturnella magna (Linnaeus 1758)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 12 specimens
Molothrus ater (Boddaert 1783)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 3 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Spindalidae
Spindalis zena (Linnaeus 1758)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 7 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Mimidae
Mimus gundlachii Cabanis 1855
23 specimens
21 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Phaenicophilidae
Xenoligea cf. montana (Chapman 1917)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin 1788)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Tyrannus cubensis Richmond 1898
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny 1839
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Myiarchus sagrae (Gundlach 1852)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin 1789)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 5 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Thraupidae
Loxigilla violacea (Linnaeus 1758)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Tiaris bicolor (Linnaeus 1766)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 5 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Polioptilidae
Polioptila caerulea (Linnaeus 1766)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 4 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Parulidae
Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus 1766)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus wetmorei n. sp. Brodkorb 1959
98 specimens
synonym of Corvus nasicus
91 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Corvus palmarum Württemburg 1835
Olson and Hilgartner 1982 4 specimens
3 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Vireonidae
Vireo crassirostris (Bryant 1859)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 2 specimens
Vireo altiloquus (Vieillot 1808)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Petrochelidon fulva (Vieillot 1808)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Turdidae
Sialia sialis (Linnaeus 1758)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 5 specimens
Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus 1758
Oswald and Steadman 2018 54 specimens
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgidae indet. Vigors 1825
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Trochilidae
Chlorostilbon ricordii (Gervais 1835)
Oswald and Steadman 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1897
Oswald and Steadman 2018 3 specimens
Titanohierax gloveralleni Wetmore 1937
Olson and Hilgartner 1982 2 specimens
Calohierax quadratus Wetmore 1937
9 specimens
recombined as Buteo quadratus
8 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Reptilia - Falconidae
Caracara creightoni n. sp. Brodkorb 1959
2 specimens
2 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758
Oswald and Steadman 2018 2 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Burhinidae
Burhinus nanus n. sp. Brodkorb 1959
13 specimens
10 in Oswald & Steadman 2018
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Gallinago kakuki n. sp. Steadman and Takano 2016
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]