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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub 1860 Madagascar buzzard | |
"Coracopsis vasa" = Psittacus vasa
"Coracopsis vasa" = Psittacus vasa Shaw 1812 greater vasa-parrot | |
Coua berthae n. sp.
Coua berthae n. sp. Goodman and Ravoavy 1993 Bertha's coua | |
Merops superciliosus Linnaeus 1766 Madagascar bee-eater | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Otus rutilus Pucheran 1849 Malagasy scops-owl | |
Foudia madagascariensis Linnaeus 1766 red fody | |
Hypsipetes madagascariensis Statius Muller 1776 Madagascar bulbul | |
Falco newtoni Gurney 1863 Madagascar kestrel | |
Turnix nigricollis Gmelin 1789 Madgascar buttonquail | |
Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 helmeted guineafowl | |
Coturnix sp. Bonnaterre 1791 quail |