Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Holocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (28.1° N, 17.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 17.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Department of Zoology (Vertebrates), University of La Laguna, Tenerife (DZUL); Museu de la Naturalesa de les Illes Balears, Ciutat de Mallorca (MCNM)

Primary reference: D. Jaume, M. McMinn, and J. A. Alcover. 1993. Fossil birds from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canary Islands), with a description of a new species of quail (Galliformes: Phasianidae). Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 2:147-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194379: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
"Tyto gracilirostris" = Tyto alba gracilirostris
"Tyto gracilirostris" = Tyto alba gracilirostris Hartert 1905 barn owl
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba junoniae Hartert 1916 laurel pigeon
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix gomerae n. sp. Jaume et al. 1993 Canary Islands quail
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Neophron percnopterus Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian vulture
Buteo buteo Linnaeus 1758 common buzzard
ssp. insularum