Caverne l'Affouche, 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

Collection methods: Repository: Francois Leguat Museum, Rodrigues

Primary reference: J. P. Hume. 2013. A synopsis of the pre-human avifauna of the Mascarene Islands. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution 195-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194171: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon lepturus1 Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Nesoenas rodericana Milne-Edwards 1874 dove
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Necropsittacus rodericanus1 Milne-Edwards 1867 Rodrigues parrot
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Necropsar rodericanus1 Günther and Newton 1879 Rodriguez starling
 Passeriformes - Ploceidae
Foudia flavicans Newton 1865 Rodrigues fody
 Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae
Hypsipetes cowlesi2 Hume 2015 bulbul
 Passeriformes - Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus rodericanus Newton 1865 Rodrigues warbler
Reptilia
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Cylindraspis sp.1 Fitzinger 1835 turtle
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae