Matja Kuru 1 (Pleistocene of East Timor)
Where: East Timor (8.4° S, 127.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° S, 127.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: H. J. M. Meijer, J. Louys, and S. O'Connor. 2009. First record of avian extinctions from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Timor Leste. Quaternary Science Reviews 203:170-184 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 204407: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
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Synoicus ypsilophorus Bosc 1793 brown quail | |
| Aves | |
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Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon | |
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Charadriiformes indet. Huxley 1867 shorebird | |
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Calidris sp. Gmelin 1789 snipe | |
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Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull | |
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Turnix maculosus Temminck 1815 red-backed buttonquail | |
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cf. Tachybaptus sp. Reichenbach 1853 grebe | |
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cf. Zapornia sp. Leach 1816 rail | |
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cf. Tyto sp. Billberg 1828 barn owl | |
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Columba vitiensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 metallic pigeon | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Aythya australis Eyton 1838 hardhead
Dendrocygna arcuata Horsfield 1824 Wandering whistling-duck | |
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Haliaeetus leucogaster Gmelin 1788 white-bellied sea-eagle | |