Indian Creek (Holocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.0° N, 61.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 61.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• "ranging in age from 1915 +/- 80 yr B.P. to 845 +/- 80 yr B.P."

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

• a "large ceramic cultural" site

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94616: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 04.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
? Amazona sp. Lesson 1830 parrot
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule
Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
cf. Boa constrictor Linnaeus 1758 boa
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae