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
Pteronotus sp. (Swainson 1833)
original and current combination Pterynotus
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Mesocnus sp. Matthew 1931
Megalocnus sp. Leidy 1868
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Antrozous pallidus (Le Conte 1856)
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Lasiurus borealis (Muller 1776)
Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843
Artibeus anthonyi
Artibeus jamaicensis Leach 1821
Brachyphylla nana Miller 1902
Cubanycteris silvai n. gen., n. sp. Mancina and García-Rivera 2005
Mammalia - Solenodontidae
Solenodon sp. Brandt 1833
Mammalia - Rodentia - Capromyidae
Capromyidae indet. Smith 1842
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]