Phyllops vetus Anthony, 1917

Orihuela, Johanset, Orozco, Leonel Pérez, Álvarez Licourt, Jorge L., Viera Muñoz, Ricardo A. & Barani, Candido Santana, 2020, Late Holocene land vertebrate fauna from Cueva de los Nesofontes, Western Cuba: Stratigraphy, chronology, diversity, and paleoecology, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 57) 23 (3), pp. 1-46 : 24

Phyllops vetus Anthony, 1917

Material. Taxon represented by eight fragmentary skulls, including rostra, nine dentaries, and three humeri, representing at least eight individuals (MNHNCu, uncatalogued).

Description. Most remains were fragile and slightly mineralized. A skull (no. 37) found in layer E (level II; Figure 10.2 ) yielded a radiocarbon age of 1960 ± 30 rcyr BP, constituting the first direct LAD for this species.

Remarks. This taxon appeared in association with the Cuban fig-eating bat P. falcatus only in layer G (level III), which yielded radiocarbon ages between ~1960 and 1290 rcyr BP; Table 4. P . vetus occurred at all levels except level I (layers A–D, in Figure 4 ). These age estimates are further supported by radiocarbon dates now available for this level (Orihuela et al., 2020a).

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FIGURE 4. Lateral profile of test pit D with source radiocarbon dates, oxygen stable isotopes, and NTAXA diversity by intervals. The fauna and multi-proxy analyses described in the text are from this excavation. The red lines indicate the major disconformities/erosional surfaces.

FIGURE 10. Bats. 1, left hemimandible of Artibeus anthonyi (no, 1663, lower Level III). 2, ventral view of Phyllops vetus incomplete skull (no. 37, Level II). Both specimens were radiocarbon-dated (14C). 3, four hemimandibles of Antrozous koopmani (no. 20, 75, 1429, 1430 from Levels II and IV, also 14C dated). These specimens were also dated, helping corroborate the chronology discussed. The scale bar equals 10 mm.