Shearwater Cave 2: Holocene, Cayman Islands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus lherminieri
Lesson 1839
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Reptilia
- Polychrotidae
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Anolis sagrei
Dumeril and Bibron 1837
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae
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Macrotus waterhousii
Gray 1843
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Capromyidae
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Capromys sp.
Desmarest 1822
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Mammalia
- Nesophontidae
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Nesophontes sp.
Anthony 1916
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Geography
| Country: | Cayman Islands | State/province: | Cayman Brac |
| Coordinates: | 19.7° North, 79.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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: | 210540 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-06-03 15:59:44 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-06-03 15:59:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72610. | G. S. Morgan. 1994. Late Quaternary fossil vertebrates from the Cayman Islands. In M.A. Brunt, J.E. Davies (eds.), The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography 465-508 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |