La Carolina (Pleistocene of Ecuador)
Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 78.5° W)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. The late Pleistocene avifauna of La Carolina, southwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:155-168 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 152599: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 26.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
Falco femoralis Temminck 1822 Aplomado falcon
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
Milvago sp. Spix 1824 caracara | |
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Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture
Coragyps cf. atratus Bechstein 1793 black vulture | |
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Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas bahamensis Linnaeus 1758 white-cheeked pintail
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck | |
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl | |
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Aratinga sp. Spix 1824 parrot
Aratinga roosevelti Spillman 1942 parrot | |
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Columbina cruziana Prévost 1832 croaking ground-dove
Zenaida auriculata Des Murs 1847 eared dove
Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus 1758 white-winged dove | |
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Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus 1758 black-crowned night heron | |
Larosterna inca, "Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan
Larosterna inca Lesson and Garnot 1827 inca tern
"Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan Wagler 1831 Franklin's gull | |
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Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz 1829 least seedsnipe | |
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Himantopus mexicanus Muller 1776 black-necked stilt | |
Oreopholus orcesi n. sp., Charadrius semipalmatus, Charadrius vociferus, Pluvialis squatarola, Pluvialis dominica
Oreopholus orcesi n. sp. Campbell 1976 lapwing
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover | |
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Burhinus superciliaris von Tschudi 1843 Peruvian thick-knee | |
Bartramia longicauda, Arenaria interpres, Limosa fedoa, Numenius phaeopus, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes, Tringa solitaria, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata, "Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca, "Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus, "Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla, Calidris canutus, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus, Phalaropus fulicarius, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor, "Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus
Bartramia longicauda Bechstein 1812 upland sandpiper
Arenaria interpres Linnaeus 1758 ruddy turnstone
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
"Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes Gmelin 1789 lesser yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria Wilson 1813 solitary sandpiper
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet
"Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca Gmelin 1789 greater yellowlegs
"Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri Cabanis 1857 western sandpiper
"Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus Bonaparte 1826 stilt sandpiper
"Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla Linnaeus 1766 semipalmated sandpiper
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot
"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos Vieillot 1819 pectoral sandpiper
"Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 red-necked phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope
"Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot 1819 Wilson's phalarope
"Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus Brisson 1760 phalarope | |
"Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma, Geranoaetus melanoleucus, Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp., Circus cinereus
"Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 variable hawk
Geranoaetus melanoleucus Vieillot 1819 black-chested buzzard eagle
Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp. Campbell 1976 hawk
Circus cinereus Vieillot 1816 Cinereous harrier | |