Where: Haiti (18.3° N, 72.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• 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
Collected in 1983, 1984
• Repository: University of Florida
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman and O. M. Takano. 2013. A late-Holocene bird community from Hispaniola: Refining the chronology of vertebrate extinction in the West Indies. The Holocene 23:936-944 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194483: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Scolopax "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 snipe | |
Cypseloides niger Gmelin 1789 black swift
Streptoprocne zonaris Shaw 1796 white-collared swift | |
Siphonorhis brewsteri Chapman 1917 least pauraque | |
Mellisuga minima Linnaeus 1758 vervain hummingbird
Chlorostilbon swainsonii Lesson 1829 Hispaniolan emerald | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
Tyto glaucops Kaup 1853 ashy-faced owl | |
"Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris
"Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris Hermann 1783 Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo | |
Amazona ventralis Statius Muller 1776 Hispaniolan parrot | |
Geotrygon sp., Zenaida macroura, Zenaida aurita, Columbina passerina, Patagioenas sp., Patagioenas inornata, Patagioenas leucocephala, Patagioenas squamosa
Zenaida macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
Columbina passerina Linnaeus 1758 common ground-dove
Patagioenas sp. Reichenbach 1852 dove
Patagioenas inornata Vigors 1827 plain pigeon
Patagioenas leucocephala Linnaeus 1758 white-crowned pigeon
Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon | |
Sphyrapicus varius Linnaeus 1766 yellow-bellied sapsucker
Melanerpes striatus Statius Muller 1776 Hispaniolan woodpecker | |
Todus angustirostris Lafresnaye 1851 narrow-billed tody | |
Priotelus roseigaster Vieillot 1817 Hispaniolan trogon | |
Loxia megaplaga Riley 1916 Hispaniolan crossbill | |
Pterodroma hasitata Kuhl 1820 black-capped petrel | |
Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1897 sharp-shinned hawk |