Paso de la Amada: Holocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Coragyps atratus (Bechstein 1793)
1 specimen
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin 1789)
3 specimens
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766
3 specimens
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Egretta sp. Forster 1817
7 specimens
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson 1834
1 specimen
Butorides virescens (Linnaeus 1758)
3 specimens
Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus 1758)
3 specimens
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus 1766)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Piciformes - Ramphastidae
Aulacorhynchus prasinus (Gould 1833)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Momotidae
Momotidae indet. Gray 1840
1 specimen
Momotus momota (Linnaeus 1766)
2 specimens
    = Momotus lessonii Lesson 1842
Chesser et al. 2016
Steadman referred to "blue-crowned motmot" (Momotus coeruliceps after splitting Momotus momota), but the blue-crowned motmot was later split into multiple species. M. lessonii is the species that occurs in Chiapas.
Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae
Ceryle torquata (Linnaeus 1766)
1 specimen
recombined as Megaceryle torquata
Reptilia - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson 1827
1 specimen
Dromococcyx erythropygus (Lesson 1842)
1 specimen
recombined as Morococcyx erythropygus
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Aratinga canicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
recombined as Eupsittula canicularis
Amazona sp. Lesson 1830
9 specimens
Amazona albifrons (Sparrman 1788)
1 specimen
Ara militaris (Linnaeus 1766)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811
4 specimens
Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Pérez 1886)
1 specimen
Scardafella inca (Lesson 1847)
21 specimens
recombined as Columbina inca
Leptotila verreauxi Bonaparte 1855
1 specimen
Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus 1758)
4 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica americana Gmelin 1789
2 specimens
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin 1788)
5 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Tyrannus sp. Linnaeus 1766
1 specimen
Myiodynastes luteiventris Sclater 1859
2 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Emberizidae informal indet. 1 Vigors 1831
1 specimen
    = Passerellidae informal indet. 1 Cabanis 1851
Chesser et al. 2017
Emberizidae informal indet. 2 Vigors 1831
1 specimen
    = Passerellidae informal indet. 2 Cabanis 1851
Chesser et al. 2017
Emberizidae informal indet. 3 Vigors 1831
1 specimen
    = Passerellidae informal indet. 3 Cabanis 1851
Chesser et al. 2017
New World Emberizidae have been reassigned to this family
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Tityridae
Pachyramphus aglaiae (Lafresnaye 1839)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Aythya affinis (Eyton 1838)
1 specimen
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Cairina moschata (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae informal indet. 1 Viellot 1816
1 specimen
Accipitridae informal indet. 2 Viellot 1816
1 specimen
Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1897
4 specimens
Harpia harpyja (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Buteo magnirostris (Gmelin 1788)
4 specimens
recombined as Rupornis magnirostris
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Pandionidae
Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus 1758)
12 specimens
Reptilia - Falconidae
Polyborus plancus (Miller 1777)
19 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Recurvirostridae
Himantopus mexicanus (Muller 1776)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825
1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Calidris minutilla Viellot 1816
1 specimen
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Gmelin 1789)
4 specimens
recombined as Tringa semipalmata
Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Sterna sandvicensis Latham 1787
2 specimens
recombined as Thalasseus sandvicensis
Sterna sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Odontophorus guttatus (Gould 1838)
1 specimen
Cyrtonyx ocellatus (Gould 1837)
3 specimens
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
17 specimens
Reptilia - Cracidae
Ortalis sp. Merrem 1786
2 specimens
Ortalis vetula (Wagler 1830)
3 specimens
Ortalis leucogastra (Gould 1843)
9 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Chiapas
Coordinates: 14.8° North, 92.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.8° North, 92.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:3600 to 3150 YBP (14C (calibrated))
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: People occupied Paso de la Amada from ca. 3800 to 2900 cal BP (calendrically calibrated radiocarbon years before present). About 80% of the pottery associated with the bird bones is from the Cherla Phase, with ca. 20% from the earlier Locona and Ocós phases. The bird bones are therefore ca. 3600 to 3150 years old.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:sieve
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:195047
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-07-14 00:24:58 Last modified:2018-07-14 00:24:58
Access level:the public Released:2018-07-14 00:24:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66314. D. W. Steadman, M. P. Tellkamp, and T. A. Wake. 2003. Prehistoric exploitation of birds on the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico. The Condor 105:572-579 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

66315 R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. D. Rising, D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2016. Fifty-seventh supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk 133:544-560 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66316 R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. D. Rising, D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2017. Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk 134:751-773 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]