Where: San Salvador, Bahamas (23.9° N, 74.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• The depth from ground level to the sediment floor is 9.7 m (32 feet), the floor being roughly circular, with a diameter of about 7 m, the opening at the surface being smaller. The bottom of the pit is considerably overhung by what appears to be the remains of a higher floor, suggesting that an earlier sink formed that later collapsed into one beneath it

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ), sieve,

• The floor underneath an overhang on the north wall was the site of a recent Barn Owl (Tyto alba) roost, with prey remains from regurgitated pellets scattered about the surface and into the loose, organic surface sediment. We collected these remains and dug three trenches and two additional test pits in the sediments of the floor. Sediment was passed through one quarter inch mesh and window screen.

Primary reference: S. L. Olson, G. K. Pregill, and W. B. Hilgartner. 1990. Studies on Fossil and Extant Vertebrates from San Salvador (Watling's) Island, Bahamas. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 508:1-24 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190743: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 16.12.2017

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