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 | |
Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues rail | |
Nesoenas rodericana Milne-Edwards 1874 dove
Alectroenas payandeei n. sp. Hume 2011 dove | |
Necropsar rodericanus Günther and Newton 1879 Rodriguez starling | |
Nycticorax megacephalus Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues night heron |