Ankilitelo Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Madagascar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Asio madagascariensis
(Smith 1834)
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12 specimens | ||||||
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cf. Asio madagascariensis
(Smith 1834)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Otus rutilus
(Pucheran 1849)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Ninox superciliaris
(Vieillot 1817)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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cf. Ninox superciliaris
(Vieillot 1817)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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43 specimens | ||||||
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cf. Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittacidae
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Coracopsis vasa
(Shaw 1812)
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362 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Psittacus vasa | |||||||
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Coracopsis cf. vasa
(Shaw 1812)
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5 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Psittacus vasa | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Treron australis
(Linnaeus 1771)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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cf. Streptopelia picturata
(Temminck 1813)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Oena capensis
(Linnaeus 1766)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Cuculiformes
- Cuculidae
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Coua gigas
(Boddaert 1783)
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Coua cf. gigas
(Boddaert 1783)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Coua cursor
Grandidier 1867
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Coua cristata
(Linnaeus 1766)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Coua cf. cristata
(Linnaeus 1766)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Coua ruficeps
Gray 1846
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Coraciiformes
- Coraciidae
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Eurystomus glaucurus
(Statius Muller 1776)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Hirundinidae
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Phedina borbonica
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Ploceidae
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Ploceus sakalava
Hartlaub 1860
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus albus
Muller 1776
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Leptosomiformes
- Leptosomidae
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Leptosomus discolor
(Hermann 1783)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Aepyornithiformes
- Aepyornithidae
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cf. Aepyornis sp.
Geoffroy 1850
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Anhingidae
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cf. Anhinga melanogaster
Pennant 1769
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Scopidae
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Scopus umbretta
Gmelin 1789
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Threskiornithidae
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Lophotibis cristata
(Boddaert 1783)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterocliformes
- Pteroclidae
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Pterocles personatus
Gould 1843
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16 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Mesitornithiformes
- Mesitornithidae
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Monias benschi
Oustalet and Grandidier 1903
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Numididae
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Numida meleagris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Bucerotiformes
- Upupidae
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Upupa marginata
Cabanis and Heine 1860
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Turnicidae
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Turnix nigricollis
(Gmelin 1789)
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15 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Accipiter madagascariensis
Verreaux 1833
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1 specimen | ||||||
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cf. Milvus aegyptius
(Gmelin 1788)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Milvus migrans aegyptius | |||||||
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Stephanoaetus mahery
Goodman 1994
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Goodman and Muldoon 2016 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Buteo brachypterus
Hartlaub 1860
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4 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar |
| Coordinates: | 22.9° South, 44.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.9° South, 44.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
| Age estimate: | 11310 ± 40 to 290 ± 30 YBP (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | sinkhole |
| Geology comments: Pitfall cave | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195018 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-11 22:28:46 | Last modified: | 2018-07-11 22:28:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-11 22:28:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66293. | S. M. Goodman, M. J. Raherilalao, and K. Muldoon. 2013. Bird fossils from Ankilitelo Cave: inference about Holocene environmental changes in southwestern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3750:534-548 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 66294 | S. M. Goodman and K. M. Muldoon. 2016. A new subfossil locality for the extinct large Malagasy eagle Stephanoaetus mahery (Aves: Falconiformes): Implications for time of extinction and ecological specificity. The Holocene 26:985-989 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |