Where: Spain (28.1° N, 17.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 17.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Department of Zoology (Vertebrates), University of La Laguna, Tenerife (DZUL); Museu de la Naturalesa de les Illes Balears, Ciutat de Mallorca (MCNM)
Primary reference: D. Jaume, M. McMinn, and J. A. Alcover. 1993. Fossil birds from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canary Islands), with a description of a new species of quail (Galliformes: Phasianidae). Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 2:147-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194379: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Buteo buteo insularum common buzzard | |
Reptilia | |
Coturnix gomerae n. sp.
Coturnix gomerae n. sp. Jaume et al. 1993 Canary Islands quail | |
Aves | |
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush | |
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch | |
"Tyto gracilirostris" = Tyto alba gracilirostris
"Tyto gracilirostris" = Tyto alba gracilirostris Hartert 1905 barn owl | |
Columba junoniae Hartert 1916 laurel pigeon | |
Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel | |
Neophron percnopterus Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian vulture |