Barrio Canas midden (Holocene of Puerto Rico)
Where: Puerto Rico (18.0° N, 66.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 66.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, anthropogenic
Reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: A. Wetmore. 1938. Bird remains from the West Indies. The Auk 55:51-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194583: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Dendrocygna arborea Linnaeus 1758 West Indian whistling duck | |
Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin 1900 white-necked crow | |
"Ionornis martinica" = Porphyrio martinica, Nesotrochis debooyi
"Ionornis martinica" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule
Nesotrochis debooyi Wetmore 1918 cave-rail | |
"Oreopeleia montana" = Geotrygon montana, "Oreopeleia larva" = Geotrygon larva, "Columba inornata" = Patagioenas inornata, "Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa, "Zenaida zenaida" = Zenaida aurita zenaida
"Oreopeleia montana" = Geotrygon montana Linnaeus 1758 ruddy quail-dove
"Oreopeleia larva" = Geotrygon larva Wetmore 1920 dove
"Columba inornata" = Patagioenas inornata Vigors 1827 plain pigeon
"Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon
"Zenaida zenaida" = Zenaida aurita zenaida Bonaparte 1825 zenaida dove | |
Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe | |
Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus 1758 American flamingo | |
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican | |
Plegadis falcinellus, "Guara alba" = Eudocimus albus
Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus 1766 glossy ibis
"Guara alba" = Eudocimus albus Linnaeus 1758 White ibis | |
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet | |
Thalasseus maximus Boddaert 1783 royal tern | |
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Buteo platypterus Vieillot 1823 broad-winged hawk |