Plaine des Roches (Holocene of Mauritius)

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
 Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae
Hypsipetes olivaceus Jardine and Selby 1837 Mauritius bulbul
 Passeriformes - Zosteropidae
Zosterops mauritianus Gmelin 1789 Mauritius gray white-eye
Zosterops chloronothos Vieillot 1817 Mauritius white-eye
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Mascarenotus sauzieri" = Otus sauzieri
"Mascarenotus sauzieri" = Otus sauzieri Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius owl
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus Scopoli 1786 Mauritius blue pigeon