9. × Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson, 1834

Bare-throated Tiger Heron (Garza Tigre Mejicana)

Tigrisoma mexicana Swainson, 1834, in Murray, Encycl. Geogr., p. 1383.

Referred material.— Tarsometatarsus: left, AC- 33 (Olson & Suárez 2008a: 285, figs. 1B [anterior], 2A [anterior]). Collected during February–April 2004 by members of Arqueocentro [= Néstor A. Gómez, Lorenzo Morales and Raul Villavicencio Finalet], Sagua La Grande (Olson & Suárez 2008a: 285).

Distribution.—Sinkhole deposit in central Cuba (see Appendix). Villa Clara. Sagua La Grande: VCB (Olson & Suárez 2008a: 286).

Direct 14 C dating .—None.

Notes.—Extremely rare. The single tarsometatarsus from Cuba referred to T. mexicanum is the first evidence of this genus in a fossil locality anywhere, and the first record of the subfamily Tigrisomatinae in the West Indies (Olson & Suárez 2008a).