Cueva GEDA: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Cuba
collected by C. A. Mancina, L. García-Rivera 2000
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Pteronotus sp.
(Swainson 1833)
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original and current combination Pterynotus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Mesocnus sp.
Matthew 1931
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Megalocnus sp.
Leidy 1868
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Antrozous pallidus
(Le Conte 1856)
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Eptesicus fuscus
(Beauvois 1796)
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Lasiurus borealis
(Muller 1776)
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Lasiurus intermedius
Allen 1862
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae
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Macrotus waterhousii
Gray 1843
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Artibeus anthonyi
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Artibeus jamaicensis
Leach 1821
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Brachyphylla nana
Miller 1902
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Cubanycteris silvai n. gen., n. sp.
Mancina and García-Rivera 2005
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Mammalia
- Solenodontidae
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Solenodon sp.
Brandt 1833
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Capromyidae
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Capromyidae indet.
Smith 1842
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Cuba | State/province: | Pinar del Río |
Coordinates: | 22.7° North, 83.7° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 22.6° North, 83.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Quaternary" and most likely late Pleistocene based on comparisons with the Phyllops silvai type locality |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Lithology description: specimens are within "limestone encrustations" | |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | C. A. Mancina, L. García-Rivera | Collection dates: | June 24, 2000 |
Collection method comments: fossils "were found scattered loosely"; material is in the Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, La Habana |
Metadata
Database number: | 78640 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-02-12 10:58:22 | Last modified: | 2008-02-12 12:58:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-12 10:58:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26442. | 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] |