Abstract

Todies (Aves: Todidae)—endemic to the Greater Antilles and one of the most characteristic components of the modern fauna of Cuba—have not yet been represented in the island’s fossil record. This article describes the first fossil find of a representative of this family in Cuba. A coracoid from the Upper Pleistocene of the cave El Abrón (Pinar-del-Río province) in general morphology and size is similar to that of the modern Cuban Tody Todus multicolor, but differs in structural details and thus can represent a distinct species. The distinctiveness of the Late Pleistocene tody from Cuba may also indicate an increased morphological variability of todies, which in most cases is not typical for birds.

中文翻译：

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古巴的第一个化石托迪（Aves：Todidae）

摘要

Todies（Aves：Todidae）-大安的列斯群岛的特有物种，并且是古巴现代动物区系最具特色的组成部分-尚未在该岛的化石记录中体现出来。本文介绍了该家族代表在古巴的第一个化石发现。来自洞穴ElAbrón（Pinar-del-RíoProvince）的上更新世的喙突形态和大小与现代古巴Tody Todus多色的相似，但结构细节不同，因此可以代表不同的物种。来自古巴的晚更新世动物的独特性也可能表明动物的形态变异性增加，这在大多数情况下并不常见。