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Red Hills Fissure

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solutional feature, with a vertical extent of about 8 m and a maximum width of 3 m, that was exposed by road construction in 1988. Originally a cleft or cave in the rock, it was infilled with sediments and debris that included the remains of animals that became trapped there. When it was
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uptake in the fossil bone has allowed the time-span of the deposit to be dated to about 25–40 thousand years ago. Fossil remains of the extinct
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Longrich, Nicholas R. & Olson, Storrs L. (2010).
178:McFarlane, Donald A. & Blake, Jerome. (2005). 133:"The bizarre wing of the Jamaican flightless ibis 71:) found there have enabled the construction of a 44:discovered it was recognised as a rich source of 343: 286: 8: 350: 336: 293: 279: 369:Geography of Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica 160: 101: 374:Paleontological sites of the Caribbean 63:. The abundant fossil remains of the 7: 304: 302: 247: 245: 322:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 265:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 141:Proceedings of the Royal Society B 14: 137:: a unique vertebrate adaptation" 306: 249: 184:) of Red Hills Fissure, Jamaica" 75:for that species. Analysis of 180:"The late Pleistocene hutias ( 87:) have also been found there. 1: 108:McFarlane & Blake (2005). 117:Longrich & Olson (2010). 39:The Red Hills Fissure is a 400: 379:Paleontological site stubs 301: 244: 23:site at the Red Hills in 81:Jamaican flightless ibis 384:Jamaica geography stubs 318:location article is a 153:10.1098/rspb.2010.2117 135:Xenicibis xympithecus 85:Xenicibis xympithecus 59:dating from the late 259:paleontological site 224: /  182:Geocapromys brownii 147:(1716): 2333–2337. 69:Geocapromys brownii 52:and well-preserved 25:Saint Andrew Parish 191:Geological Journal 331: 330: 274: 273: 228:18.067°N 76.867°W 27:of south-eastern 17:Red Hills Fissure 391: 352: 345: 338: 310: 303: 295: 288: 281: 253: 246: 239: 238: 236: 235: 234: 229: 225: 222: 221: 220: 217: 206: 188: 174: 164: 118: 115: 109: 106: 21:palaeontological 399: 398: 394: 393: 392: 390: 389: 388: 359: 358: 357: 356: 300: 299: 242: 233:18.067; -76.867 232: 230: 226: 223: 218: 215: 213: 211: 210: 203:10.1002/gj.1010 186: 177: 130: 127: 122: 121: 116: 112: 107: 103: 98: 93: 37: 12: 11: 5: 397: 395: 387: 386: 381: 376: 371: 361: 360: 355: 354: 347: 340: 332: 329: 328: 311: 298: 297: 290: 283: 275: 272: 271: 254: 208: 207: 197:(3): 399–404. 175: 126: 123: 120: 119: 110: 100: 99: 97: 94: 92: 89: 65:Jamaican Coney 36: 33: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 396: 385: 382: 380: 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 366: 364: 353: 348: 346: 341: 339: 334: 333: 327: 325: 321: 317: 312: 309: 305: 296: 291: 289: 284: 282: 277: 276: 270: 268: 264: 261:article is a 260: 255: 252: 248: 243: 240: 237: 204: 200: 196: 192: 185: 183: 176: 172: 168: 163: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 136: 129: 128: 124: 114: 111: 105: 102: 95: 90: 88: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 55: 51: 47: 42: 34: 32: 30: 26: 22: 18: 324:expanding it 313: 267:expanding it 256: 241: 209: 194: 190: 181: 144: 140: 134: 113: 104: 84: 68: 38: 16: 15: 231: / 61:Pleistocene 35:Description 363:Categories 91:References 73:life table 46:vertebrate 54:millipede 50:gastropod 316:Jamaican 171:21208965 77:fluorine 219:76°52′W 216:18°04′N 162:3119002 125:Sources 57:fossils 41:karstic 29:Jamaica 169:  159:  314:This 257:This 187:(PDF) 96:Notes 19:is a 320:stub 263:stub 167:PMID 199:doi 157:PMC 149:doi 145:278 365:: 195:40 193:. 189:. 165:. 155:. 143:. 139:. 48:, 31:. 351:e 344:t 337:v 326:. 294:e 287:t 280:v 269:. 205:. 201:: 173:. 151:: 83:( 67:(

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palaeontological
Saint Andrew Parish
Jamaica
karstic
vertebrate
gastropod
millipede
fossils
Pleistocene
Jamaican Coney
life table
fluorine
Jamaican flightless ibis
"The bizarre wing of the Jamaican flightless ibis Xenicibis xympithecus: a unique vertebrate adaptation"
doi
10.1098/rspb.2010.2117
PMC
3119002
PMID
21208965
"The late Pleistocene hutias (Geocapromys brownii) of Red Hills Fissure, Jamaica"
doi
10.1002/gj.1010
18°04′N 76°52′W / 18.067°N 76.867°W / 18.067; -76.867
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