Caverne Bambara, Plaine Corail, Rodrigues (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (19.8° S, 63.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 63.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Depth of 350 mm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2005

• Repository: Francois Leguat Museum, Rodrigues

Primary reference: J. P. Hume. 2011. Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa 3124:1-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194031: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Aves
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Nycticorax megacephalus2
Nycticorax megacephalus2 Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues night heron
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Pezophaps solitaria2, Nesoenas rodericana
Pezophaps solitaria2 Gmelin 1789 Rodrigues solitaire
Nesoenas rodericana Milne-Edwards 1874 dove
 Passeriformes - Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus rodericanus1
Acrocephalus rodericanus1 Newton 1865 Rodrigues warbler
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Necropsar rodericanus1
Necropsar rodericanus1 Günther and Newton 1879 Rodriguez starling
 Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae
Hypsipetes cowlesi n. sp.3
Hypsipetes cowlesi n. sp.3 Hume 2015 bulbul
 Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon lepturus2
Phaethon lepturus2 Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Cylindraspis sp.2
Cylindraspis sp.2 Fitzinger 1835 turtle
1Hume 2013; 2Hume 2014; 3Hume 2015