Plaine Corail, Rodrigues (Jenner collection) (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (19.8° S, 63.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 63.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by George Jenner in 1864-1866

• Repository: Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge

Primary reference: A. Milne-Edwards. 1867. Une psittacien fossile de l'Île Rodrigue. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Cinquième Série, Zoolologie et Paléontologie 8:145-156 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194075: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
"Ardea megacephala" = Nycticorax megacephalus2
"Ardea megacephala" = Nycticorax megacephalus2 Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues night heron
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Columba rodericana n. sp." = Nesoenas rodericana2, Pezophaps solitaria3
"Columba rodericana n. sp." = Nesoenas rodericana2 Milne-Edwards 1874 dove
Pezophaps solitaria3 Gmelin 1789 Rodrigues solitaire
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
"Palaeornis exsul" = Alexandrinus exsul1, "Psittacus rodricanus n. sp." = Necropsittacus rodricanus
"Palaeornis exsul" = Alexandrinus exsul1 Newton 1872 Rodrigues parakeet
"Psittacus rodricanus n. sp." = Necropsittacus rodricanus Milne-Edwards 1867 Rodrigues parrot
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Strix (Athene) murivora n. sp." = Otus murivorus2
"Strix (Athene) murivora n. sp." = Otus murivorus2 Milne-Edwards 1874 scops owl
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Erythromachus leguati n. gen. n. sp.2
Erythromachus leguati n. gen. n. sp.2 Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues rail
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Necropsar rodericanus1
Necropsar rodericanus1 Günther and Newton 1879 Rodriguez starling
1Günther and Newton 1879; 2Milne-Edwards 1874; 3Newton and Newton 1867