Paquemar middens (Holocene of Martinique)
Where: Martinique (14.5° N, 60.8° W: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 60.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: A. Wetmore. 1952. A record for the black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata, in Martinique. The Auk 69:460 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194486: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule | |
Zenaida aurita, "Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
"Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon | |
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Pterodroma hasitata Kuhl 1820 black-capped petrel | |
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Buteo platypterus Vieillot 1823 broad-winged hawk | |