La Carolina (Pleistocene of Ecuador)

Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 78.5° W)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. The late Pleistocene avifauna of La Carolina, southwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:155-168 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152599: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 26.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
Oreopholus orcesi n. sp. Campbell 1976 lapwing
 Charadriiformes - Burhinidae
Burhinus superciliaris von Tschudi 1843 Peruvian thick-knee
 Charadriiformes - Recurvirostridae
Himantopus mexicanus Muller 1776 black-necked stilt
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
"Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan Wagler 1831 Franklin's gull
Larosterna inca Lesson and Garnot 1827 inca tern
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri, "Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus, Calidris canutus, Arenaria interpres, Numenius phaeopus, Bartramia longicauda, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes, "Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa solitaria, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus, "Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus, Phalaropus fulicarius, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor, Limosa fedoa
"Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri Cabanis 1857 western sandpiper
"Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla Linnaeus 1766 semipalmated sandpiper
"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos Vieillot 1819 pectoral sandpiper
"Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus Bonaparte 1826 stilt sandpiper
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot
Arenaria interpres Linnaeus 1758 ruddy turnstone
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
Bartramia longicauda Bechstein 1812 upland sandpiper
"Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes Gmelin 1789 lesser yellowlegs
"Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca Gmelin 1789 greater yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria Wilson 1813 solitary sandpiper
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet
"Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 red-necked phalarope
"Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus Brisson 1760 phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope
"Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot 1819 Wilson's phalarope
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
 Charadriiformes - Thinocoridae
Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz 1829 least seedsnipe
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
Falco femoralis Temminck 1822 Aplomado falcon
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
Milvago sp. Spix 1824 caracara
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Circus cinereus Vieillot 1816 Cinereous harrier
Geranoaetus melanoleucus Vieillot 1819 black-chested buzzard eagle
"Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 variable hawk
Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp. Campbell 1976 hawk
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Zenaida auriculata Des Murs 1847 eared dove
Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus 1758 white-winged dove
Columbina cruziana Prévost 1832 croaking ground-dove
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Aratinga sp. Spix 1824 parrot
Aratinga roosevelti Spillman 1942 parrot
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas bahamensis Linnaeus 1758 white-cheeked pintail
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus 1758 black-crowned night heron
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Coragyps cf. atratus Bechstein 1793 black vulture
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture