Long Mile Cave (Holocene of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.4° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 77.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H.E. Anthony in 1920; reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: S. L. Olson and D. W. Steadman. 1977. A new genus of flightless ibis (Threskiornithidae) and other fossil birds from cave deposits in Jamaica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90:447-457 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194072: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2018, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Caprimulgiformes - Nyctibiidae
Nyctibius jamaicensis Gmelin 1789 Northern potoo
Listed as Nyctibius griseus, but likely jamaicensis (which was considered a subspecies at times)
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Xenicibis xympithecus n. gen. n. sp.
Xenicibis xympithecus n. gen. n. sp. Olson and Steadman 1977 ibis
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk
Mammalia
 Primates -