Mill Creek (Holocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.0° N, 61.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 61.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, G. K. Pregill, and S. L. Olson. 1984. Fossil vertebrates from Antigua, Lesser Antilles: evidence for late Holocene human-caused extinctions in the West Indies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 81:4448-4451 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215286: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Reptilia
 Squamata - Teiidae
Ameiva griswoldi Barbour 1916 Griwald's ameiva
 Squamata - Colubridae
Alsophis antillensis colubrid snake
Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
? Amazona sp. Lesson 1830 parrot