Grotte des Premiers Francais, bed 4 (Holocene of Reunion)

Where: Reunion (21.0° S, 55.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.0° S, 55.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bertrand Kervazo in 1974; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: G. S. Cowles. 1994. A new genus, three new species and two new records of extinct Holocene birds from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean. Geobios 27:87-93 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193993: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco duboisi n. sp. Cowles 1994 Réunion kestrel
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
"Nycticorax borbonensis n. sp." = Nycticorax duboisi
"Nycticorax borbonensis n. sp." = Nycticorax duboisi Rothschild 1907 Réunion night heron
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus lherminieri, "Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Mascarenachen kervazoi" = Alopochen kervazoi
"Mascarenachen kervazoi" = Alopochen kervazoi Cowles 1994 Réunion shelduck