Where: Artemisa, Cuba (22.9° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Arredondo. 1972. Nueva especie de ave fósil (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno superior de Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales 29:415-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195083: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Aves | |
Margarobyas sp. Olson and Suárez 2008 true owl
Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo 1958 Cuban giant owl | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
Tyto noeli Arredondo 1972 Noel's giant barn owl | |
Cathartidae indet. Lafresnaye 1839 New World vulture | |
Aquila borrasi eagle | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Mammalia | |
Mesocnus torrei, "Miocnus antillensis" = Acratocnus antillensis, "Microcnus gliriformis" = Neocnus gliriformis, Megalocnus rodens, "Mesocnus browni" = Parocnus browni
Mesocnus torrei Matthew 1931 edentate
"Miocnus antillensis" = Acratocnus antillensis Matthew 1931 edentate
"Microcnus gliriformis" = Neocnus gliriformis Matthew 1931 edentate
Megalocnus rodens Matthew and Paula Couto 1959 edentate
"Mesocnus browni" = Parocnus browni Matthew 1931 edentate | |
Nesophontes micrus placental | |
Solenodon cubanus Peters 1861 Cuban solenodon | |
Boromys ofella spiny rat
Boromys torrei spiny rat | |
Capromys nana, Capromys sp., Capromys pilorides, Geocapromys pleistocenicus, Geocapromys columbianus
Capromys nana hutia
Capromys sp. Desmarest 1822 hutia
Capromys pilorides Say 1822 Cuban hutia
Geocapromys columbianus hutia |