Le Pouce Mountain (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (20.2° S, 57.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.2° S, 57.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Hume

Primary reference: J. P. Hume. 2013. A synopsis of the pre-human avifauna of the Mascarene Islands. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution 195-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194166: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco punctatus Temminck 1821 Mauritius kestrel
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater