Wilkinson Quarry Site UWQ1 (Pleistocene of Bermuda)

Where: Bermuda (32.4° N, 64.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 64.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• details published in Hearty, P. J., S. L. Olson, D. S. Kaufman, R. L. Edwards, & H. Cheng. 2004. Stratigraphy and geochronology of pitfall accumulations in caves and fissures, Bermuda. Quaternary Science Reviews 23(9–10):1151–1171.

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 2012. A new species of small owl of the genus Aegolius (Aves: Strigidae) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(2):97-105 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154780: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 12.03.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Pipilo naufragus2 Olson and Wingate 2012 Bermuda towhee
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Aegolius gradyi n. sp. Olson 2012 owl
 Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes oceanicus1 Olson 2013 Bermuda flicker