West Point Island peat bog (Holocene of Falkland Islands (Malvinas))
Where: Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (51.3° S, 60.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.4° S, 60.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; peat
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: M. P. Adams and R. W. Woods. 2016. Mid-Holocene Falkland Islands bird bones from a peat deposit, including a new species of caracara. Emu 116:370-378 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194620: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
"Gallinago magellanica" = Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica
"Gallinago magellanica" = Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica King 1828 Magellanic snipe | |
"Larus scoresbii" = Leucophaeus scoresbii
"Larus scoresbii" = Leucophaeus scoresbii Traill 1823 dolphin gull | |
Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 variable hawk | |
Phalcoboenus australis Gmelin 1788 striated caracara
Phalcoboenus napieri n. sp. Adams and Woods 2016 raptor
Falco femoralis Temminck 1822 Aplomado falcon | |
Asio flammeus Pontoppidan 1763 short-eared owl | |
Anthus correndera Vieillot 1818 correndera pipit | |
Melanodera melanodera Quoy and Gaimard 1824 white-bridled finch | |
Turdus falcklandii Quoy and Gaimard 1824 austral thrush | |
Anas flavirostris, "Anas specularioides" = Lophonetta specularioides, Chloephaga picta, Chloephaga hybrida, Chloephaga rubidiceps
Anas flavirostris Vieillot 1816 yellow-billed teal
"Anas specularioides" = Lophonetta specularioides King 1828 crested duck
Chloephaga picta Gmelin 1789 upland goose
Chloephaga hybrida Molina 1782 kelp goose
Chloephaga rubidiceps Sclater 1861 ruddy-headed goose | |
Oceanites oceanicus Kuhl 1820 Wilson's storm-petrel | |
Pelecanoides urinatrix Gmelin 1789 common diving-petrel |