Where: Mauritius (20.1° S, 57.7° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° 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; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. Thirioux; reposited in the MNHN
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 194034: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Hypsipetes olivaceus Jardine and Selby 1837 Mauritius bulbul | |
Zosterops mauritianus Gmelin 1789 Mauritius gray white-eye
Zosterops chloronothos Vieillot 1817 Mauritius white-eye | |
"Mascarenotus sauzieri" = Otus sauzieri
"Mascarenotus sauzieri" = Otus sauzieri Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius owl | |
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus Scopoli 1786 Mauritius blue pigeon |