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