Where: Pinar del Río, Cuba (22.7° N, 83.7° W: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 83.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• "Quaternary" and most likely late Pleistocene based on comparisons with the Phyllops silvai type locality
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C. A. Mancina, L. García-Rivera in 24, 2000
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• fossils "were found scattered loosely"; material is in the Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, La Habana
Primary reference: C. A. Mancina and L. García-Rivera. 2005. New genus and species of fossil bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(1):22-27 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78640: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Pteronotus sp. Swainson 1833 mustached bat | |
Mammalia | |
Capromyidae indet. Smith 1842 hutia | |
Solenodon sp. Brandt 1833 solenodon | |
Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Lasiurus borealis Muller 1776 hairy-tailed bat
Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862 northern yellow bat | |
Cubanycteris silvai n. gen. n. sp., Artibeus anthonyi, Artibeus jamaicensis, Macrotus waterhousii, Brachyphylla nana
Cubanycteris silvai n. gen. n. sp. Mancina and García-Rivera 2005 leaf-nosed bat
Artibeus anthonyi Neotropical fruit bat
Artibeus jamaicensis Leach 1821 Jamaican fruit bat
Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843 leaf-nosed bat
Brachyphylla nana Miller 1902 fruit-eating bat | |
Megalocnus sp. Leidy 1868 edentate
Mesocnus sp. Matthew 1931 edentate |