Caverne Poule Rouge, Plaine Corail, Rodrigues (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (19.8° S, 63.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 63.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Depth of 350 mm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2005

• Repository: Francois Leguat Museum, Rodrigues

Primary reference: J. P. Hume. 2011. Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa 3124:1-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194026: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues rail
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Nesoenas rodericana Milne-Edwards 1874 dove
Alectroenas payandeei n. sp. Hume 2011 dove
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Necropsar rodericanus Günther and Newton 1879 Rodriguez starling
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Nycticorax megacephalus Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues night heron