Finch Cave (Holocene of Ecuador)
Where: Galapagos, Ecuador (1.2° S, 90.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 90.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; brown, yellow, silty, sandy gravel
• Near the entrance, the floor of each cave was littered with hundreds of bones, as well as pieces of wood. The sediments from the different test pits are broadly similar to each other. They are very inorganic, being derived from basalts, with some secondary minerals (gypsum, flourite, apatite, minor calcite).
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman. 1986. Holocene Vertebrate Fossils from Isla Floreana, Galapagos. Smithsonian contributions to zoology 413:1-112 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190847: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 19.12.2017
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Taxonomic list
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Alsophis biserialis colubrid snake | |
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Phyllodactylus baurii leaf-toed gecko | |
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Tropidurus grayii ground lizard | |
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Aves indet. bird | |
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Zenaida galapagoensis Gould 1841 Galapagos dove | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Myiarchus magnirostris Gould 1838 Galapagos flycatcher | |
"Geospiza pauper" = Camarhynchus pauper, Geospiza fortis, Geospiza magnirostris, Geospiza fuliginosa
"Geospiza pauper" = Camarhynchus pauper Ridgway 1890 medium tree-finch
Geospiza fortis Gould 1837 medium ground-finch
Geospiza magnirostris Gould 1837 large ground-finch
Geospiza fuliginosa Gould 1837 small ground-finch | |
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Mimus trifasciatus Gould 1837 Floreana mockinbird | |
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Geochelone elephantopus Harlan 1827 Galapagos giant tortoise | |
| Mammalia | |
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Lasiurus borealis Muller 1776 hairy-tailed bat | |
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