Mill Creek: Holocene, Antigua and Barbuda
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Oryzomyini indet.
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Reptilia
- Teiidae
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Ameiva griswoldi
Barbour 1916
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Alsophis antillensis
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus ilherminieri
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Porphyrula martinica
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittacidae
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? Amazona sp.
Lesson 1830
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Geography
| Country: | Antigua and Barbuda |
| Coordinates: | 17.0° North, 61.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.1° North, 61.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 1450 to 800 YBP (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 215286 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-11-06 09:21:03 | Last modified: | 2020-11-06 09:21:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-11-06 09:21:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32225. | D. W. Steadman, G. K. Pregill, and S. L. Olson. 1984. Fossil vertebrates from Antigua, Lesser Antilles: evidence for late Holocene human-caused extinctions in the West Indies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 81:4448-4451 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |