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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater | |
Falco punctatus Temminck 1821 Mauritius kestrel |