Trants, stratum B (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. AD 0-200

• 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 194569: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet., Geotrygon mystacea, "Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa, Zenaida aurita
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove
Geotrygon mystacea Temminck 1811 bridled quail-dove
"Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet.
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
includes 4 Mimidae/Turdidae sp.
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
Icterus cf. oberi
Icterus cf. oberi Lawrence 1880 Montserrat oriole
 Passeriformes - Mimidae
"Margarops fuscus" = Allenia fusca, Margarops fuscatus, Cinclocerthia ruficauda
"Margarops fuscus" = Allenia fusca Statius Muller 1776 scaly-breasted thrasher
Margarops fuscatus Vieillot 1808 pearly-eyed thrasher
Cinclocerthia ruficauda Gould 1836 brown trembler
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus lherminieri
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater