Where: Montserrat (16.8° N, 62.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 62.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Stratum B was deposits ca. 500-0 BC. Bone samples from stratum D are so limited that they are included with those from stratum C.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: K. R. Reis and D. W. Steadman. 1999. Archaeology of Trants, Montserrat. Part 5. Prehistoric avifauna. Annals of Carnegie Museum 68:275-287 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 194570: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
"Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule | |
Amazona sp. Lesson 1830 parrot | |
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
Geotrygon mystacea Temminck 1811 bridled quail-dove
"Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon | |
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"Margarops fuscus" = Allenia fusca Statius Muller 1776 scaly-breasted thrasher
Margarops fuscatus Vieillot 1808 pearly-eyed thrasher
Cinclocerthia ruficauda Gould 1836 brown trembler | |
"Cichlherminia lherminieri" = Turdus lherminieri
"Cichlherminia lherminieri" = Turdus lherminieri Lafresnaye 1844 forest thrush |