Amphitheatre Cave (Holocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 141.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• cave pitfall assemblage

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. F. Baird. 1992. Fossil avian assemblage of Pitfall Origin from Holocene sediments in Amphitheatre Cave (G-2), South-western Victoria, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 44:21-44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 138410: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
cf. Falco cenchroides
cf. Falco cenchroides Vigors and Horsfield 1827 Australian kestrel
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Rallus philippensis" = Gallirallus philippensis, "Gallinula mortierii" = Tribonyx mortierii
"Rallus philippensis" = Gallirallus philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail
"Gallinula mortierii" = Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies 1840 Tasmanian nativehen
I didn't count. There are many.
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Phaps chalcoptera, Phaps elegans
Phaps chalcoptera Latham 1790 common bronzewing
Phaps elegans Temminck 1809 brush bronzewing
 Neornithes -
Psittaciformes indet.
Psittaciformes indet. Wagler 1830 parrot
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Platycercus elegans, Glossopsitta concinna
Platycercus elegans Gmelin 1788 crimson rosella
Glossopsitta concinna Shaw 1791 musk lorikeet
 Psittaciformes - Cacatuidae
"cf. Cacatua roseicapilla" = Eolophus roseicapilla, Cacatua tenuirostris
"cf. Cacatua roseicapilla" = Eolophus roseicapilla Vieillot 1817 galah
Cacatua tenuirostris Kuhl 1820 Long-billed corella
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Neophema sp.
Neophema sp. Salvadori 1891 parrot
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet.
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Cracticidae
Cracticidae indet.
Cracticidae indet. Chenu and des Murs 1855 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Ptilonorhynchidae
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Vieillot 1816 satin bowerbird
 Passeriformes - Dasyornithidae
Dasyornis brachypterus, Dasyornis broadbenti
Dasyornis brachypterus Latham 1801 eastern bristlebird
Dasyornis broadbenti McCoy 1867 rufous bristlebird
I didn't count. There are many.
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus sp.
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow
 Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Hirundinidae indet.
Hirundinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 swallow
 Passeriformes - Meliphagidae
cf. Anthochaera chrysoptera, cf. Anthochaera carunculata
cf. Anthochaera chrysoptera Latham 1802 little wattlebird
cf. Anthochaera carunculata Shaw 1790 red wattlebird
 Passeriformes - Cinclosomatidae
Cinclosoma punctatum, cf. Cinclosoma punctatum
Cinclosoma punctatum Shaw 1794 spotted quail-thrush
cf. Cinclosoma punctatum Shaw 1794 spotted quail-thrush
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet.
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Eudyptula minor
Eudyptula minor Forster 1781 little penguin
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Pachyptila sp.
Pachyptila sp. Illiger 1811 prion
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp.
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter fasciatus
Accipiter fasciatus Vigors and Horsfield 1827 brown goshawk
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix sp.
Coturnix sp. Bonnaterre 1791 quail
 Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
"Turnix varia" = Turnix varius
"Turnix varia" = Turnix varius Lathum 1802 painted buttonquail
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
"Larus novaehollandiae" = Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
"Larus novaehollandiae" = Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Stephens 1826 silver gull