Trants, stratum C/D (Holocene of Montserrat)

Where: Montserrat (16.8° N, 62.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 62.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Stratum B was deposits ca. 500-0 BC. Bone samples from stratum D are so limited that they are included with those from stratum C.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: K. R. Reis and D. W. Steadman. 1999. Archaeology of Trants, Montserrat. Part 5. Prehistoric avifauna. Annals of Carnegie Museum 68:275-287 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 194570: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
includes 4 Mimidae/Turdidae sp.
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
"Cichlherminia lherminieri" = Turdus lherminieri
"Cichlherminia lherminieri" = Turdus lherminieri Lafresnaye 1844 forest thrush
 Passeriformes - Mimidae
Margarops fuscatus Vieillot 1808 pearly-eyed thrasher
Cinclocerthia ruficauda Gould 1836 brown trembler
"Margarops fuscus" = Allenia fusca Statius Muller 1776 scaly-breasted thrasher
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
Geotrygon mystacea Temminck 1811 bridled quail-dove
"Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Amazona sp. Lesson 1830 parrot
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule