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 | |
Oryzomyini indet. rodent | |
Reptilia | |
Ameiva griswoldi Barbour 1916 Griwald's ameiva | |
Alsophis antillensis colubrid snake | |
Aves | |
Puffinus ilherminieri shearwater | |
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule | |
? Amazona sp. Lesson 1830 parrot |