VallĂ©e des PrĂȘtres: Holocene, Mauritius
collected by E. Thirioux
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Geography
Country: | Mauritius |
Coordinates: | 20.2° South, 57.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 20.2° South, 57.5° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Collectors: | E. Thirioux |
Metadata
Database number: | 194028 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-06-11 23:40:17 | Last modified: | 2018-06-11 23:40:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-11 23:40:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
65903. | J. P. Hume. 2011. Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa 3124:1-62 [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] |