Catalogue of Cuban fossil and subfossil birds

Suárez, William

doi:10.25226/bboc.v142i1.2022.a3

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“…Nowadays, this rail is known from just six closely spaced localities in the northern Ciénaga de Zapata (Matanzas province) in south mainland Cuba, based on 14 specimens collected between 1927 and 1934 (all but one in four US museums; Table S1), and a relatively small number of sight records since 1979, most recently in November 2014 (Kirkconnell et al 2020). However, fossil material of Cyanolimnas cerverai dating from the Holocene has been identified from Cueva de Pío Domingo, Sumidero, and Cueva El Abrón, Sierra de La Güira (Pinar del Río province), Cueva de Paredones and Cueva de Sandoval (Artemisa province), Calabazar (La Habana province), Cueva de Insunsa, Cuevas de Las Charcas and Cueva del Indio (all in Mayabeque province), near Jagüey Grande (Matanzas province), Cueva de Humboldt and Cueva del Salón (Sancti Spíritus province), and the Sierra de Caballos in the northern Isle of Pines (Olson 1974;Arredondo 1984;Jiménez and Valdés 1995;Rojas-Consuegra et al 2012;Jiménez and Orihuela 2021;Suárez 2022), i.e., over a much larger area than the known modern range.…”

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First genetic data for the critically endangered Cuban endemic Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai, and the taxonomic implications

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The taxonomic affinity of the near-flightless Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai, a critically endangered and highly localized species endemic to Cuba, has long been debated. Morphological analyses have suggested that this species, which constitutes a monotypic genus, could be related either to the extinct Tahitian Cave Rails (Nesotrochis sp.) or to the South American rail tribe Pardirallini, i.e., the genera Neocrex, Mustelirallus, and Pardirallus. While pronounced phenotypic convergence—and divergence—among rails have repeatedly proven morphology-based phylogenies unreliable, thus far no attempt to sequence DNA from the enigmatic Cyanolimnas has succeeded. In this study, we extracted historic DNA from a museum specimen collected in 1927 and sequenced multiple short fragments that allowed us to assemble a partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene. Phylogenetic analyses confirm that Cyanolimnas belongs in tribe Pardirallini as sister to genus Neocrex, from which it diverged about 6 million years ago. Their divergence from Mustelirallus was estimated at about 9 million years ago. Based on morphology and our mitochondrial phylogeny, we conclude that it is unjustified to retain the monotypic genus Cyanolimnas and tentatively recommend that C. cerverai and the two Neocrex species are ascribed to genus Mustelirallus.

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“…2020). However, fossil material of Cyanolimnas cerverai dating from the Holocene has been identified from Cueva de Pío Domingo, Sumidero, and Cueva El Abrón, Sierra de La Güira (Pinar del Río province), Cueva de Paredones and Cueva de Sandoval (Artemisa province), Calabazar (La Habana province), Cueva de Insunsa, Cuevas de Las Charcas and Cueva del Indio (all in Mayabeque province), near Jagüey Grande (Matanzas province), Cueva de Humboldt and Cueva del Salón (Sancti Spíritus province), and the Sierra de Caballos in the northern Isle of Pines (Olson 1974, Arredondo 1984, Suárez in press), i.e., over a much larger area than the known modern range.…”

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First genetic data for the Critically Endangered Cuban endemic Zapata RailCyanolimnas cerverai, and the taxonomic implications

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Shannon

Collinson

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The taxonomic affinity of the near-flightless Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai, a Critically Endangered and highly localized species endemic to Cuba, has long been debated. Morphological analyses have suggested that this species, which constitutes a monotypic genus, could be related either to the extinct Tahitian Cave Rails (Nesotrochis sp.) or to the South American rail tribe Pardirallini, i.e., the genera Neocrex, Mustelirallus, and Pardirallus. Whilst pronounced phenotypic convergence—and divergence—among rails have repeatedly proven morphology-based phylogenies unreliable, thus far no attempt to sequence DNA from the enigmatic Cyanolimnas has succeeded. In this study, we extracted historic DNA from a museum specimen collected in 1927 and sequenced multiple short fragments that allowed us to assemble a partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene. Phylogenetic analyses confirm that Cyanolimnas belongs in tribe Pardirallini as sister to genus Neocrex, from which it diverged about six million years ago. Their divergence from Mustelirallus was estimated at about eight million years ago. Based on morphology and our mitochondrial phylogeny, we conclude that it is unjustified to retain the monotypic genus Cyanolimnas and tentatively recommend that C. cerverai and the two Neocrex species are ascribed to genus Mustelirallus.

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The first record of mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the West Indies and its paleobiogeographical implications

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Arano-Ruiz³

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Journal of South American Earth Sciences

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Catalogue of Cuban fossil and subfossil birds

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First genetic data for the critically endangered Cuban endemic Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai, and the taxonomic implications

First genetic data for the critically endangered Cuban endemic Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai, and the taxonomic implications

First genetic data for the Critically Endangered Cuban endemic Zapata RailCyanolimnas cerverai, and the taxonomic implications

The first record of mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the West Indies and its paleobiogeographical implications

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