Cerro de San Francisco, Stratum 2 (Holocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.1° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 71.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Because of the absence of domestic animals and the evidence of aboriginal occupancy, stratum 2 is thought to be pre-Columbian, but not older than 2000 B.C.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Marcano, Ray, Rand in 1958; reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: L. Bernstein. 1965. Fossil birds from the Dominican Republic. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 28:271-284 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194484: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Crotophaga ani, Coccyzus sp., Coccyzus erythropthalmus, "Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris, "Hyetornis rufigularis" = Coccyzus rufigularis
Crotophaga ani Linnaeus 1758 smooth-billed ani
Coccyzus sp. Viellot 1816 cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus Wilson 1811 black-billed cuckoo
"Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris Hermann 1783 Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo
"Hyetornis rufigularis" = Coccyzus rufigularis Hartlaub 1852 bay-breasted cuckoo
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Geotrygon sp., Zenaida aurita, "Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura, Zenaida asiatica, "Columbigallina passerina" = Columbina passerina, "Columba leucocephala" = Patagioenas leucocephala, "Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa
Geotrygon sp. Gosse 1847 dove
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
"Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus 1758 white-winged dove
"Columbigallina passerina" = Columbina passerina Linnaeus 1758 common ground-dove
"Columba leucocephala" = Patagioenas leucocephala Linnaeus 1758 white-crowned pigeon
"Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon
 Piciformes - Picidae
Melanerpes striatus Statius Muller 1776 Hispaniolan woodpecker
Nesoctites micromegas Sundevall 1866 Antillean piculet
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia, Asio sp.
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl
Asio sp. Brisson 1760 true owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porzana carolina Linnaeus 1758 sora
 Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Siphonorhis brewsteri Chapman 1917 least pauraque
 Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Contopus sp. Cabanis 1855 pewee
Tyrannus dominicensis Gmelin 1788 gray kingbird
"Tolmarchus caudifasciatus" = Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny 1839 loggerhead kingbird
 Passeriformes - Phaenicophilidae
Phaenicophilus palmarum Linnaeus 1766 black-crowned palm-tanager
 Passeriformes - Vireonidae
Vireo altiloquus Vieillot 1808 black-whiskered vireo
 Passeriformes - Calyptophilidae
Calyptophilus frugivorus Cory 1883 eastern chat-tanager
 Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Petrochelidon fulva Vieillot 1808 cave swallow
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
"Mimocichla plumbea" = Turdus plumbeus
"Mimocichla plumbea" = Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus 1758 red-legged thrush
 Passeriformes - Dulidae
Dulus dominicus Linnaeus 1766 palmchat
 Passeriformes - Thraupidae
Loxigilla violacea Linnaeus 1758 greater Antillean bullfinch
Tiaris bicolor Linnaeus 1766 black-faced grassquit
 Passeriformes - Mimidae
Mimus polyglottos Linnaeus 1758 northern mockingbird