Mare aux Songes swamp (Sauzier collection) (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (20.4° S, 57.7° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 57.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; peat

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. Sauzier in 1889; reposited in the SM

• Repository: Museum of Mauritius

Primary reference: E. Newton and H. Gadow. 1893. On additional bones of the Dodo and other extinct birds of Mauritius obtained by Mr. Théodore Sauzier. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13:281-302 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194025: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
"Plotus nanus n. sp." = Microcarbo africanus
"Plotus nanus n. sp." = Microcarbo africanus Gmelin 1789 long-tailed cormorant
 Suliformes - Sulidae
"Sula abbotti" = Papasula abbotti1
"Sula abbotti" = Papasula abbotti1 Ridgway 1893 Abbott's booby
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
"Egretta dimorpha" = Egretta garzetta dimorpha4, "Butorides mauritianus n. sp." = Nycticorax mauritianus
"Egretta dimorpha" = Egretta garzetta dimorpha4 Hartert 1914 dimorphic egret
"Ardea ardesiaca" by Newton & Gadow 1893
"Butorides mauritianus n. sp." = Nycticorax mauritianus Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius night heron
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Strix sauzieri n. sp." = Otus sauzieri
"Strix sauzieri n. sp." = Otus sauzieri Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius owl
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Lophopsittacus mauritianus Owen 1866 broad-billed parrot
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus3, "Didus ineptus" = Raphus cucullatus, "Trocaza meyeri" = Nesoenas mayeri
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus3 Scopoli 1786 Mauritius blue pigeon
"Didus ineptus" = Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus 1758 dodo
"Trocaza meyeri" = Nesoenas mayeri Prévost and Knip 1843 pink pigeon
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Fulica newtoni" = Fulica newtonii, "Aphanapteryx broecki" = Aphanapteryx bonasia
"Fulica newtoni" = Fulica newtonii Milne-Edwards 1867 Mascarene coot
"Aphanapteryx broecki" = Aphanapteryx bonasia Frauenfeld 1868 red rail
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus5 Hume 2014 Mauritius starling
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas theodori n. sp., "Sarcidiornis mauritianus n. sp." = Alopochen mauritianus
Anas theodori n. sp. Newton and Gadow 1893 Mascarene teal
"Sarcidiornis mauritianus n. sp." = Alopochen mauritianus Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius shelduck
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
"Astur alphonsi n. sp." = Circus maillardi
"Astur alphonsi n. sp." = Circus maillardi Verreaux 1862 Réunion marsh-harrier
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Podiceps gadowi n. sp." = Numenius phaeopus2
"Podiceps gadowi n. sp." = Numenius phaeopus2 Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel