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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
"Aphanapteryx broecki" = Aphanapteryx bonasia, "Fulica newtoni" = Fulica newtonii
"Aphanapteryx broecki" = Aphanapteryx bonasia Frauenfeld 1868 red rail
"Fulica newtoni" = Fulica newtonii Milne-Edwards 1867 Mascarene coot | |
"Strix sauzieri n. sp." = Otus sauzieri
"Strix sauzieri n. sp." = Otus sauzieri Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius owl | |
Lophopsittacus mauritianus Owen 1866 broad-billed parrot | |
"Alectroenas nitidissima" = Alectroenas nitidissimus3, "Trocaza meyeri" = Nesoenas mayeri, "Didus ineptus" = Raphus cucullatus
"Trocaza meyeri" = Nesoenas mayeri Prévost and Knip 1843 pink pigeon
"Didus ineptus" = Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus 1758 dodo | |
"Sarcidiornis mauritianus n. sp." = Alopochen mauritianus, Anas theodori n. sp.
"Sarcidiornis mauritianus n. sp." = Alopochen mauritianus Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius shelduck
Anas theodori n. sp. Newton and Gadow 1893 Mascarene teal | |
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"Sula abbotti" = Papasula abbotti1
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"Plotus nanus n. sp." = Microcarbo africanus
"Plotus nanus n. sp." = Microcarbo africanus Gmelin 1789 long-tailed cormorant | |
"Butorides mauritianus n. sp." = Nycticorax mauritianus, "Egretta dimorpha" = Egretta garzetta dimorpha4
"Butorides mauritianus n. sp." = Nycticorax mauritianus Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius night heron
"Egretta dimorpha" = Egretta garzetta dimorpha4 Hartert 1914 dimorphic egret "Ardea ardesiaca" by Newton & Gadow 1893
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"Podiceps gadowi n. sp." = Numenius phaeopus2
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"Astur alphonsi n. sp." = Circus maillardi
"Astur alphonsi n. sp." = Circus maillardi Verreaux 1862 Réunion marsh-harrier |