Paso de la Amada (Holocene of Mexico)

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (14.8° N, 92.5° W: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 92.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• People occupied Paso de la Amada from ca. 3800 to 2900 cal BP (calendrically calibrated radiocarbon years before present). About 80% of the pottery associated with the bird bones is from the Cherla Phase, with ca. 20% from the earlier Locona and Ocós phases. The bird bones are therefore ca. 3600 to 3150 years old.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, M. P. Tellkamp, and T. A. Wake. 2003. Prehistoric exploitation of birds on the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico. The Condor 105:572-579 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195047: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
 Charadriiformes - Recurvirostridae
Himantopus mexicanus Muller 1776 black-necked stilt
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Sterna sp., "Sterna sandvicensis" = Thalasseus sandvicensis
Sterna sp. Linnaeus 1758 tern
"Sterna sandvicensis" = Thalasseus sandvicensis Latham 1787 Sandwich tern
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Calidris minutilla Viellot 1816 least sandpiper
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
 Accipitriformes - Pandionidae
Pandion haliaetus Linnaeus 1758 osprey
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae "indet. 1" Viellot 1816 hawk
Accipitridae "indet. 2" Viellot 1816 hawk
"Buteo magnirostris" = Rupornis magnirostris Gmelin 1788 roadside hawk
Harpia harpyja Linnaeus 1758 harpy eagle
Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1897 sharp-shinned hawk
 Passeriformes - Tityridae
Pachyramphus aglaiae Lafresnaye 1839 rose-throated becard
 Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Myiodynastes luteiventris Sclater 1859 sulphur-bellied flycatcher
Tyrannus sp. Linnaeus 1766 tyrant flycatcher
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
Quiscalus mexicanus Gmelin 1788 great-tailed grackle
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Passerellidae "indet. 1"2 Cabanis 1851 new world sparrow
Passerellidae "indet. 3"2 Cabanis 1851 new world sparrow
Passerellidae "indet. 2"2 Cabanis 1851 new world sparrow
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Tachybaptus dominicus Linnaeus 1766 least grebe
Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove
Zenaida macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
Geotrygon montana Linnaeus 1758 ruddy quail-dove
Leptotila verreauxi Bonaparte 1855 white-tipped dove
Claravis pretiosa Ferrari-Pérez 1886 blue ground-dove
"Scardafella inca" = Columbina inca Lesson 1847 inca dove
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Amazona sp. Lesson 1830 parrot
Amazona albifrons Sparrman 1788 White-fronted parrot
Ara militaris Linnaeus 1766 military macaw
"Aratinga canicularis" = Eupsittula canicularis Linnaeus 1758 orange-fronted parakeet
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
"Dromococcyx erythropygus" = Morococcyx erythropygus, Crotophaga sulcirostris
"Dromococcyx erythropygus" = Morococcyx erythropygus Lesson 1842 lesser ground-cuckoo
Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson 1827 groove-billed ani
 Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae
"Ceryle torquata" = Megaceryle torquata
"Ceryle torquata" = Megaceryle torquata Linnaeus 1766 ringed kingfisher
 Coraciiformes - Momotidae
Momotidae indet. Gray 1840 motmot
Momotus lessonii1 Lesson 1842 Lesson's motmot
 Piciformes - Ramphastidae
Aulacorhynchus prasinus Gould 1833 northern emerald-toucanet
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica americana Gmelin 1789 American coot
Gallinula chloropus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian moorhen
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Aythya affinis Eyton 1838 lesser scaup
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Cairina moschata Linnaeus 1758 muscovy duck
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax brasilianus Gmelin 1789 neotropic cormorant
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Butorides virescens Linnaeus 1758 green heron
Nyctanassa violacea Linnaeus 1758 yellow-crowned night heron
Ardea alba Linnaeus 1758 great egret
Egretta sp. Forster 1817 egret
Tigrisoma mexicanum Swainson 1834 bare-throated tiger-heron
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Coragyps atratus Bechstein 1793 black vulture
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture
 Galliformes - Cracidae
Ortalis sp. Merrem 1786 chachalaca
Ortalis leucogastra Gould 1843 White-bellied chachalaca
Ortalis vetula Wagler 1830 Plain chachalaca
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Odontophorus guttatus Gould 1838 spotted wood-quail
Cyrtonyx ocellatus Gould 1837 ocellated quail
Colinus virginianus Linnaeus 1758 northern bobwhite