THE CAVES OF PAREDENES AND THE TUNNEL AND THE CAVE OF PÍO DOMINGO: MAIN FOSSILIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF VERTEBRATES OF THE PLEISTOCENE IN WESTERN CUBA
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The biggest findings of Quaternary vertebrate fossils at the Cuban archipelago had taken place in karst landforms, more frequently in caves and sinkholes. Among the caves, are distinguished cueva de Paredones, at Ceiba del Agua, Caimito municipality, Artemisa province; cueva del Túnel, at La Salud, Quivicán municipality, Mayabeque province; and Gran Caverna de Pio Domingo, in Sumidero, Minas de Matahambre municipality, Pinar del Río province. Those caves, together with Lamas cave (almost demolished) at Santa Fe, NW of La Habana, and cueva de Los Indios, at Daiquirí, Santiago de Cuba province, are the fossil deposits with the greatest number of species recognized in the Cuban paleontological studies. Although the systematics of terrestrial mammals of Cuba has undergone an important review from which a number of species and genera have been declared in synonymy, the caverns (cavities) listed in here remain the most important type localities: Cueva de Paredones (High Walls Cave), Cueva del Túnel (Tunnel Cave) and Pio Domingo Cavern. In all these deposits, very important to the paleontology of Quaternary, had been identified many other species and individuals of birds, sloths, rodents, insectivores, reptiles and bats.
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