Where: Galapagos, Ecuador (1.2° S, 90.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 90.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; brown, yellow, silty, sandy gravel
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•light yellowish brown (10 YR 8/4 dry), light brown (7.5 YR 7/6 wet), unlaminated, poorly sorted; slightly silty, slightly sandy gravel; contact poorly defined (dashed line); clasts of basalt and flourite, very angular to sub-angular, averaging smaller in the top 1 cm
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman. 1986. Holocene Vertebrate Fossils from Isla Floreana, Galapagos. Smithsonian contributions to zoology 413:1-112 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190844: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 19.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
| Aves | |
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Aves indet. bird | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
"Geospiza olivacea" = Certhidea olivacea, Geospiza indet., "Geospiza nebulosa" = Geospiza difficilis, Geospiza fuliginosa, Geospiza magnirostris
"Geospiza olivacea" = Certhidea olivacea Gould 1837 green warbler-finch
Geospiza indet. Gould 1837 Darwin's finch
"Geospiza nebulosa" = Geospiza difficilis Sharpe 1888 sharp-beaked ground-finch
Geospiza fuliginosa Gould 1837 small ground-finch
Geospiza magnirostris Gould 1837 large ground-finch | |
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Mimus trifasciatus Gould 1837 Floreana mockinbird | |
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Zenaida galapagoensis Gould 1841 Galapagos dove | |
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Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater | |
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Nyctanassa violacea Linnaeus 1758 yellow-crowned night heron | |
| Reptilia | |
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Tropidurus grayii ground lizard | |
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Phyllodactylus baurii leaf-toed gecko | |
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Alsophis biserialis colubrid snake | |
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Geochelone elephantopus Harlan 1827 Galapagos giant tortoise | |
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