Marta Tick Cave (Holocene of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.3° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 77.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithified claystone

• They were poorly stratified with an upper layer 10-12" thick of powdery reddish brown sediment, below which was 18-24" of dense, yellowish brown loam that rested on bedrock or breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. K. Pregill, R. I. Crombie, D. W. Steadman, L. K. Gordon, F. W. Davis and W. B. Hilgartner. 1991. Living and late Holocene fossil vertebrates and the vegetation of the Cockpit Country, Jamaica. Atol Research Bulletin 353:1-19 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215359: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Tropidophus cf. haitianus, Arrhyton sp.
Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Columba inornata" = Patagioenas inornata, Geotrygon versicolor
"Columba inornata" = Patagioenas inornata Vigors 1827 plain pigeon
 Passeriformes - Thraupidae
Loxigilla violacea
Loxigilla violacea Linnaeus 1758 greater Antillean bullfinch
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus aurantius, Turdus jamaicensis
Turdus aurantius true thrush
Turdus jamaicensis true thrush
Reptilia
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Sphaerodactylus sp., Aristelliger sp.
Sphaerodactylus sp. Wagler 1830 round-fingered gecko
Aristelliger sp. Cope 1861 croacking gecko
 Squamata - Anguidae
Celestus cf. occiduus, Celestus sp.
Celestus sp. Gray 1838 squamates
sp. A and B
 Squamata - Teiidae
Ameiva cf. dorsalis
Ameiva cf. dorsalis Gray 1838 Jamaican groundlizard
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Leiocephalus cf. jamaicensis
Leiocephalus cf. jamaicensis curly-tailed lizard
 Squamata - Polychrotidae
Anolis sp.
Anolis sp. Daudin 1802 anole
sp. A, B, C
 Squamata - Typhlopidae
Typhlops sp.
Typhlops sp. Oppel 1811 blind snake
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Capromyidae
Geocapromys browni
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Oryzomys palustris
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
at least 3 species
Amphibia
 Salientia - Hylidae
Osteopilus brunneus, Hyla sp.
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
 Salientia - Eleutherodactylidae
Eleutherodactylus sp.
Eleutherodactylus sp. Duméril and Bibron 1841 frog