VGP1 cave, Vieux Grand Port (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (20.4° S, 57.7° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 57.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; carbonate

• carbonate silt to coarse gravel (>20mm) and boulder scree (<250mm)

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

• 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 194029: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Pteropus subniger
Aves
 Passeriformes - Ploceidae
Foudia rubra
Foudia rubra Gmelin 1789 Mauritius fody
 Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae
Hypsipetes olivaceus
Hypsipetes olivaceus Jardine and Selby 1837 Mauritius bulbul
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus
Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus Hume 2014 Mauritius starling
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus, Nesoenas cicur n. sp.
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus Scopoli 1786 Mauritius blue pigeon
Nesoenas cicur n. sp. Hume 2011 Mauritian turtle dove
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Aphanapteryx bonasia
Aphanapteryx bonasia Frauenfeld 1868 red rail