Admirals Cave, Level v (Pleistocene of Bermuda)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Level v?, in spoil by stalagmite in test pit of large talus cone. Level v dates to the last (Wisconsinan) glacial (MIS 2-4)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 2008. A new genus and species of buteonine hawk from Quaternary deposits in Bermuda (Aves: Accipitridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121:130-141 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194451: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo cf. jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Pipilo naufragus Olson and Wingate 2012 Bermuda towhee