Caverne l'Affouche, Plaine Corail, Rodrigues: Holocene, Mauritius
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Pteropodidae
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Pteropus rodricensis
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Cylindraspis sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Phelsuma edwardnewtoni
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Columbidae
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Nesoenas rodericana
(Milne-Edwards 1874)
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Psittaculidae
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Necropsittacus rodericanus
(Milne-Edwards 1867)
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Acrocephalidae
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Acrocephalus rodericanus
(Newton 1865)
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Sturnidae
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Necropsar rodericanus
Günther and Newton 1879
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Pycnonotidae
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Hypsipetes cowlesi
Hume 2015
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Ploceidae
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Foudia flavicans
Newton 1865
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon lepturus
Daudin 1802
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Geography
| Country: | Mauritius |
| Coordinates: | 19.8° South, 63.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.8° South, 63.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Depth of 350 mm | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Francois Leguat Museum, Rodrigues | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194171 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-14 22:59:27 | Last modified: | 2018-06-14 22:59:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-14 22:59:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65932. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 65977 | J. P. Hume. 2014. Systematics, morphology, and ecological history of the Mascarene starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritius. Zootaxa 3849:1-75 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 65952 | J. P. Hume. 2015. A new subfossil bulbul (Aves: Passerines: Pycnonotidae) from Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes, south-western Indian Ocean. Ostrich 86:247-260 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |