Fern Sink Cave (surface deposits): Holocene, Bermuda
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Pipistrellus subflavus
(Cuvier 1832)
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Nyctanassa carcinocatactes
Olson and Wingate 2006
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Passerellidae
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Pipilo naufragus
Olson and Wingate 2012
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Bermuteo avivorus
Olson 2008
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Geography
| Country: | Bermuda |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 64.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 64.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: The deposits consist of a thin surface veneer of Holocene sediments and fossils, as evidenced by shells typical of modern-type Poecilozonites bermudensis along with bird bones, overlying a glacial soil as indicated by the presence of shells of P.nelsoni. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate,original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Grand Canyon Cave | ||
| Database number: | 94307 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham | Enterer: | O. Gjata, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-16 07:50:12 | Last modified: | 2018-06-19 22:01:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-16 07:50:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32066. | F. V. Grady and S. L. Olson. 2006. Fossil bats from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy 87:148-152 [M. Uhen/O. Gjata/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 66028 | S. L. Olson. 2008. A new genus and species of buteonine hawk from Quaternary deposits in Bermuda (Aves: Accipitridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121:130-141 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 66031 | S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate. 2006. A new species of night-heron (Ardeidae: Nyctanassa) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119:326-337 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 66030 | S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate. 2012. A new species of towhee (Aves: Emberizidae: Pipilo) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125:85-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |