Where: Haiti (18.3° N, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 72.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• 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
Collected in 1983, 1984
• Repository: University of Florida
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman and O. M. Takano. 2013. A late-Holocene bird community from Hispaniola: Refining the chronology of vertebrate extinction in the West Indies. The Holocene 23:936-944 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194483: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Scolopax "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 snipe | |
"Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris
"Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris Hermann 1783 Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo | |
Amazona ventralis Statius Muller 1776 Hispaniolan parrot | |
Columbina passerina, Zenaida aurita, Zenaida macroura, Geotrygon sp., Patagioenas sp., Patagioenas inornata, Patagioenas leucocephala, Patagioenas squamosa
Columbina passerina Linnaeus 1758 common ground-dove
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
Zenaida macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
Patagioenas sp. Reichenbach 1852 dove
Patagioenas inornata Vigors 1827 plain pigeon
Patagioenas leucocephala Linnaeus 1758 white-crowned pigeon
Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon | |
Todus angustirostris Lafresnaye 1851 narrow-billed tody | |
Sphyrapicus varius Linnaeus 1766 yellow-bellied sapsucker
Melanerpes striatus Statius Muller 1776 Hispaniolan woodpecker | |
Priotelus roseigaster Vieillot 1817 Hispaniolan trogon | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
Tyto glaucops Kaup 1853 ashy-faced owl | |
Loxia megaplaga Riley 1916 Hispaniolan crossbill | |
Siphonorhis brewsteri Chapman 1917 least pauraque | |
Chlorostilbon swainsonii Lesson 1829 Hispaniolan emerald
Mellisuga minima Linnaeus 1758 vervain hummingbird | |
Cypseloides niger Gmelin 1789 black swift
Streptoprocne zonaris Shaw 1796 white-collared swift | |
Pterodroma hasitata Kuhl 1820 black-capped petrel | |
Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1897 sharp-shinned hawk |