Dolphin Cave (Holocene of Cayman Islands)
Where: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (19.4° N, 81.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: karst; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186637: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Nesophontes sp. Anthony 1916 placental | |
Geocapromys sp. Chapman 1901 hutia
Capromys sp. Desmarest 1822 hutia | |
Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843 leaf-nosed bat | |
Aves | |
Corvus nasicus Temminck 1826 Cuban crow | |
Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl | |
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove | |
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule | |
"Polyborus creightoni" = Caracara creightoni
"Polyborus creightoni" = Caracara creightoni Brodkorb 1959 Creighton's caracara | |
Reptilia | |
Anolis conspersus Garman 1887 anole | |
Cyclura nubila Gray 1831 rock iguana |