Where: Haiti (18.3° N, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 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: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Scolopax "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 snipe | |
Pterodroma hasitata Kuhl 1820 black-capped petrel | |
Siphonorhis brewsteri Chapman 1917 least pauraque | |
Streptoprocne zonaris Shaw 1796 white-collared swift
Cypseloides niger Gmelin 1789 black swift | |
Chlorostilbon swainsonii Lesson 1829 Hispaniolan emerald
Mellisuga minima Linnaeus 1758 vervain hummingbird | |
Loxia megaplaga Riley 1916 Hispaniolan crossbill | |
Priotelus roseigaster Vieillot 1817 Hispaniolan trogon | |
Sphyrapicus varius Linnaeus 1766 yellow-bellied sapsucker
Melanerpes striatus Statius Muller 1776 Hispaniolan woodpecker | |
Todus angustirostris Lafresnaye 1851 narrow-billed tody | |
"Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris
"Saurothera longirostris" = Coccyzus longirostris Hermann 1783 Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo | |
Amazona ventralis Statius Muller 1776 Hispaniolan parrot | |
Zenaida aurita, Zenaida macroura, Columbina passerina, Geotrygon sp., Patagioenas sp., Patagioenas leucocephala, Patagioenas squamosa, Patagioenas inornata
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
Zenaida macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
Columbina passerina Linnaeus 1758 common ground-dove
Patagioenas sp. Reichenbach 1852 dove
Patagioenas leucocephala Linnaeus 1758 white-crowned pigeon
Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon
Patagioenas inornata Vigors 1827 plain pigeon | |
Tyto glaucops Kaup 1853 ashy-faced owl
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1897 sharp-shinned hawk |