La Carolina (Pleistocene of Ecuador)
Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 78.5° W)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. The late Pleistocene avifauna of La Carolina, southwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:155-168 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 152599: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 26.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
Milvago sp. Spix 1824 caracara
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
Falco femoralis Temminck 1822 Aplomado falcon | |
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl | |
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Columbina cruziana Prévost 1832 croaking ground-dove
Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus 1758 white-winged dove
Zenaida auriculata Des Murs 1847 eared dove | |
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Aratinga sp. Spix 1824 parrot
Aratinga roosevelti Spillman 1942 parrot | |
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Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas bahamensis Linnaeus 1758 white-cheeked pintail | |
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Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture
Coragyps cf. atratus Bechstein 1793 black vulture | |
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Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus 1758 black-crowned night heron | |
Geranoaetus melanoleucus, "Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma, Circus cinereus, Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp.
Geranoaetus melanoleucus Vieillot 1819 black-chested buzzard eagle
"Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 variable hawk
Circus cinereus Vieillot 1816 Cinereous harrier
Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp. Campbell 1976 hawk | |
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Burhinus superciliaris von Tschudi 1843 Peruvian thick-knee | |
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Himantopus mexicanus Muller 1776 black-necked stilt | |
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Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz 1829 least seedsnipe | |
"Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan, Larosterna inca
"Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan Wagler 1831 Franklin's gull
Larosterna inca Lesson and Garnot 1827 inca tern | |
Charadrius semipalmatus, Charadrius vociferus, Pluvialis dominica, Pluvialis squatarola, Oreopholus orcesi n. sp.
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Oreopholus orcesi n. sp. Campbell 1976 lapwing | |
"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos, "Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla, "Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri, Calidris canutus, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus, Arenaria interpres, Numenius phaeopus, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor, Phalaropus fulicarius, "Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus, Bartramia longicauda, Limosa fedoa, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata, Tringa solitaria, "Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca
"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos Vieillot 1819 pectoral sandpiper
"Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla Linnaeus 1766 semipalmated sandpiper
"Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri Cabanis 1857 western sandpiper
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot
"Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus Bonaparte 1826 stilt sandpiper
Arenaria interpres Linnaeus 1758 ruddy turnstone
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
"Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 red-necked phalarope
"Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot 1819 Wilson's phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope
"Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus Brisson 1760 phalarope
Bartramia longicauda Bechstein 1812 upland sandpiper
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
"Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes Gmelin 1789 lesser yellowlegs
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet
Tringa solitaria Wilson 1813 solitary sandpiper
"Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca Gmelin 1789 greater yellowlegs | |