Where: Dominican Republic (19.1° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 71.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Because of the absence of domestic animals and the evidence of aboriginal occupancy, stratum 2 is thought to be pre-Columbian, but not older than 2000 B.C.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Marcano, Ray, Rand in 1958; reposited in the FMNH
Primary reference: L. Bernstein. 1965. Fossil birds from the Dominican Republic. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 28:271-284 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194484: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Siphonorhis brewsteri Chapman 1917 least pauraque | |
"Mimocichla plumbea" = Turdus plumbeus
"Mimocichla plumbea" = Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus 1758 red-legged thrush | |
Dulus dominicus Linnaeus 1766 palmchat | |
Calyptophilus frugivorus Cory 1883 eastern chat-tanager | |
Petrochelidon fulva Vieillot 1808 cave swallow | |
Contopus sp. Cabanis 1855 pewee
"Tolmarchus caudifasciatus" = Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny 1839 loggerhead kingbird
Tyrannus dominicensis Gmelin 1788 gray kingbird | |
Vireo altiloquus Vieillot 1808 black-whiskered vireo | |
Phaenicophilus palmarum Linnaeus 1766 black-crowned palm-tanager | |
Mimus polyglottos Linnaeus 1758 northern mockingbird | |
Tiaris bicolor Linnaeus 1766 black-faced grassquit
Loxigilla violacea Linnaeus 1758 greater Antillean bullfinch | |
Porzana carolina Linnaeus 1758 sora | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Asio sp., "Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia
Asio sp. Brisson 1760 true owl
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl | |
Zenaida asiatica, Zenaida aurita, "Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura, "Columbigallina passerina" = Columbina passerina, "Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa, "Columba leucocephala" = Patagioenas leucocephala, Geotrygon sp.
Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus 1758 white-winged dove
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
"Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
"Columbigallina passerina" = Columbina passerina Linnaeus 1758 common ground-dove
"Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon
"Columba leucocephala" = Patagioenas leucocephala Linnaeus 1758 white-crowned pigeon
Geotrygon sp. Gosse 1847 dove | |
Coccyzus sp., "Hyetornis rufigularis" = Coccyzus rufigularis, "Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Crotophaga ani
Coccyzus sp. Viellot 1816 cuckoo
"Hyetornis rufigularis" = Coccyzus rufigularis Hartlaub 1852 bay-breasted cuckoo
"Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris Hermann 1783 Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus Wilson 1811 black-billed cuckoo
Crotophaga ani Linnaeus 1758 smooth-billed ani | |
Nesoctites micromegas Sundevall 1866 Antillean piculet
Melanerpes striatus Statius Muller 1776 Hispaniolan woodpecker |