Merasuen cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Philippines
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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43 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus sp.
Lacépède 1799
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Hipposideridae
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Hipposideros diadema
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Pteropodidae
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Pteropodidae indet.
Gray 1821
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Vespertilionidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Macaca fascicularis
(Raffles 1822)
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia sp.
Bowdich 1821
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Chiropodomys calamianensis
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Rattus sp.
Fischer 1803
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Crocidura sp.
Wagler 1832
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Amblonyx cinereus
(Illiger 1815)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Lutra cinerea | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus barbatus
Müller 1838
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Gekkonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus cf. salvator
Laurenti 1768
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Apodidae
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Collocalia cf. salangana
(Streubel 1848)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Aerodramus salangana | |||||||
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Collocalia sp.
Gray 1840
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Collocalia cf. esculenta
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Passeriformes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Laniidae
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Lanius cristatus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Philippines |
| Coordinates: | 9.2° North, 118.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.2° North, 118.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
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: | 194836 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-30 23:19:38 | Last modified: | 2018-06-30 23:19:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-30 23:19:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66222. | K. R. Reis and A. M. Garong. 2001. Late Quaternary terrestrial vertebrates from Palawan Islad, Philippines. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 171:409-421 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen] |