Where: Reunion (21.0° S, 55.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.0° S, 55.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Bertrand Kervazo in 1974; reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: G. S. Cowles. 1994. A new genus, three new species and two new records of extinct Holocene birds from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean. Geobios 27:87-93 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 193992: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Fulica newtonii Milne-Edwards 1867 Mascarene coot | |
"Mascarenotus grucheti n. sp." = Otus grucheti1
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"Mascarinus mascarinus" = Mascarinus mascarin2
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"Mascarenachen kervazoi n. gen. n. sp." = Alopochen kervazoi
"Mascarenachen kervazoi n. gen. n. sp." = Alopochen kervazoi Cowles 1994 Réunion shelduck | |
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"Borbonibis latipes" = Threskiornis solitarius
"Borbonibis latipes" = Threskiornis solitarius Selys-Longchamps 1848 Réunion ibis | |
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Falco duboisi Cowles 1994 Réunion kestrel |