Upper Pasture Cave, Little Exuma: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Bahamas
collected by V. Knowles 1937
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Speotyto cunicularia
(Molina 1782)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Athene cunicularia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto pollens n. sp.
Wetmore 1937
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Columba squamosa
Bonnaterre 1792
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Patagioenas squamosa | ||||||||||
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Oreopeleia chrysia
(Bonaparte 1855)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Geotrygon chrysia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Piciformes
- Picidae
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Colaptes chrysocaulosus
Gundlach 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Colaptes sp.
Vigors 1825
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | |||||||||
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Centurus superciliaris
(Temminck 1827)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Melanerpes superciliaris | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Mimocichla plumbea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turdus plumbeus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus nasicus
Temminck 1826
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Icteridae
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Margarops fuscatus
(Vieillot 1808)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Sturnella sp.
Vieillot 1816
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Capella delicata
(Ord 1825)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Capella sp.
Frenzel 1801
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Olson and Hilgartner 1982 | |||||||||
| synonym of Gallinago | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Accipiter striatus
Vieillot 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ssp. velox | ||||||||||
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Titanohierax gloveralleni n. gen., n. sp.
Wetmore 1937
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Calohierax quadratus n. gen., n. sp.
Wetmore 1937
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Buteo quadratus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Bahamas |
| Coordinates: | 23.4° North, 75.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.4° North, 75.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The presence of extinct species, such as the gigantic hawk Titanohierax, combined with the heavy mineralization of the specimens from the Little Exuma deposits, probably indicates a Pleistocene age, but as with most Antillean cave deposits, there is little direct evidence for dating. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MCZ | ||
| Collectors: | V. Knowles | Collection dates: | 1937 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194589 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-22 22:24:12 | Last modified: | 2018-06-22 22:24:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-22 22:24:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66111. | A. Wetmore. 1937. Bird remains from cave deposits on Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80:427-441 [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] |