Grotte Principale no. 1, Anjohibe Cave (Holocene of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (15.5° S, 46.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° S, 46.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Radiometric dating - ~460-310 years BP

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1983, 1986

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: S. M. Goodman and F. Ravoavy. 1993. Identification of bird subfossils from cave surface deposits at Anjohibe, Madagascar, with a description of a new giant Coua (Cuculidae: Couinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106:24-33 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195020: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub 1860 Madagascar buzzard
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
"Coracopsis vasa" = Psittacus vasa
"Coracopsis vasa" = Psittacus vasa Shaw 1812 greater vasa-parrot
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Coua berthae n. sp.
Coua berthae n. sp. Goodman and Ravoavy 1993 Bertha's coua
 Coraciiformes - Meropidae
Merops superciliosus Linnaeus 1766 Madagascar bee-eater
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Otus rutilus Pucheran 1849 Malagasy scops-owl
 Passeriformes - Ploceidae
Foudia madagascariensis Linnaeus 1766 red fody
 Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae
Hypsipetes madagascariensis Statius Muller 1776 Madagascar bulbul
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco newtoni Gurney 1863 Madagascar kestrel
 Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
Turnix nigricollis Gmelin 1789 Madgascar buttonquail
 Galliformes - Numididae
Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 helmeted guineafowl
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnix sp. Bonnaterre 1791 quail