Garden Cave (EL-229), 10-20 cm, Eleuthera (Holocene of Bahamas)

Where: Bahamas (25.4° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 25.4° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, N. A. Albury, J. I. Mead, J. A. Soto-Centeno, and J. Franklin. 2018. Holocene vertebrates from a dry cave on Eleuthera Island, Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The Holocene 28:806-813 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194593: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Hylidae
Osteopilus septentrionalis Dumétil and Bibron 1841 tree frog
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Capromyidae
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis austroriparius Rhoads 1897 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843 leaf-nosed bat
Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
 Squamata - Dipsadidae
Cubophis vudii Cope 1862 snake
 Squamata - Teiidae
Ameiva sp. Meyer 1795 whiptail lizard
 Squamata - Scincidae
Mabuya sp. Fitzinger 1826 skink
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Sphaerodactylus sp. Wagler 1830 round-fingered gecko
 Squamata - Polychrotidae
Anolis "sp. 1" Daudin 1802 anole
Anolis "sp. 2" Daudin 1802 anole
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Leiocephalus sp. Gray 1827 curly-tailed lizard
Cyclura sp. Harlan 1824 rock iguana
Aves
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus nasicus Temminck 1826 Cuban crow
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Patagioenas leucocephalus" = Patagioenas leucocephala
"Patagioenas leucocephalus" = Patagioenas leucocephala Linnaeus 1758 white-crowned pigeon
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
"Amazona leucocephala" = Psittacus leucocephalus
"Amazona leucocephala" = Psittacus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1758 Cuban parrot
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Saurothera merlini d'Orbigny 1839 great lizard-cuckoo