Cueva del Túnel, La Salud (Pleistocene to of Cuba)

Where: Mayabeque, Cuba (22.9° N, 82.4° W: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 82.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Arredondo. 1972. Nueva especie de ave fósil (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno superior de Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales 29:415-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153777: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.01.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Boromys torrei spiny rat
 Rodentia - Capromyidae
Capromys sp. Desmarest 1822 hutia
 Theriamorpha - Nesophontidae
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Cubacyon transversidens n. gen. n. sp. Arredondo and Varona 1974 canid
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Acratocnus sp., "Miocnus antillensis" = Acratocnus antillensis, "Microcnus gliriformis" = Neocnus gliriformis
Acratocnus sp. Anthony 1916 edentate
"Miocnus antillensis" = Acratocnus antillensis Matthew 1931 edentate
"Microcnus gliriformis" = Neocnus gliriformis Matthew 1931 edentate
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Testudo (Geochelone) cubensis" = Chelonoidis cubensis
"Testudo (Geochelone) cubensis" = Chelonoidis cubensis Leidy 1868 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodylus antillensis" = Crocodylus rhombifer
"Crocodylus antillensis" = Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier 1807 Cuban crocodile
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo 1958 Cuban giant owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto noeli n. sp.
Tyto noeli n. sp. Arredondo 1972 Noel's giant barn owl