Garden Cave (EL-229), crabby pocket, Eleuthera: Holocene, Bahamas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Osteopilus septentrionalis
(Dumétil and Bibron 1841)
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39 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Larus atricilla
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
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Passeriformes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittacidae
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Amazona leucocephala
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Psittacus leucocephalus | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Chilabothrus striatus
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40 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Dipsadidae
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Cubophis vudii
(Cope 1862)
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Leiocephalus sp.
Gray 1827
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Cyclura sp.
Harlan 1824
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14 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Polychrotidae
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Anolis informal sp. 1
Daudin 1802
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170 specimens | ||||||
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Anolis informal sp. 2
Daudin 1802
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15 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Tarentola americana
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Teiidae
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Ameiva sp.
Meyer 1795
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Capromyidae
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Geocapromys ingrahami
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308 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Eptesicus fuscus
(Beauvois 1796)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae
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Macrotus waterhousii
Gray 1843
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Bahamas |
| Coordinates: | 25.4° North, 76.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.4° North, 76.5° West |
| 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: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194597 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-23 00:09:45 | Last modified: | 2018-06-23 00:09:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-23 00:09:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66113. | D. W. Steadman, N. A. Albury, J. I. Mead, J. A. Soto-Centeno, and J. Franklin. 2018. Holocene vertebrates from a dry cave on Eleuthera Island, Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The Holocene 28:806-813 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |