Where: Madagascar (22.9° S, 44.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° S, 44.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: S. M. Goodman, M. J. Raherilalao, and K. Muldoon. 2013. Bird fossils from Ankilitelo Cave: inference about Holocene environmental changes in southwestern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3750:534-548 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 195018: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Accipiter madagascariensis, "cf. Milvus aegyptius" = Milvus migrans aegyptius, Stephanoaetus mahery, Buteo brachypterus
Accipiter madagascariensis Verreaux 1833 Madagascar sparrowhawk
"cf. Milvus aegyptius" = Milvus migrans aegyptius Gmelin 1788 yellow-billed kite
Stephanoaetus mahery Goodman 1994 Malagasy crowned eagle
Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub 1860 Madagascar buzzard | |
Upupa marginata Cabanis and Heine 1860 Madagascar hoopoe | |
Oena capensis Linnaeus 1766 Namaqua dove
cf. Streptopelia picturata Temminck 1813 Madagascar turtle-dove
Treron australis Linnaeus 1771 Madagascar green-pigeon | |
"Coracopsis vasa" = Psittacus vasa, "Coracopsis cf. vasa" = Psittacus vasa
"Coracopsis vasa" = Psittacus vasa Shaw 1812 greater vasa-parrot
"Coracopsis cf. vasa" = Psittacus vasa Shaw 1812 greater vasa-parrot | |
Coua cursor Grandidier 1867 running coua
Coua cristata Linnaeus 1766 crested coua
Coua cf. cristata Linnaeus 1766 crested coua
Coua gigas Boddaert 1783 giant coua
Coua cf. gigas Boddaert 1783 giant coua
Coua ruficeps Gray 1846 red-capped coua | |
Eurystomus glaucurus Statius Muller 1776 broad-billed roller | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
cf. Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Ninox superciliaris, cf. Ninox superciliaris, Otus rutilus, Asio madagascariensis, cf. Asio madagascariensis
Ninox superciliaris Vieillot 1817 white-browed owl
cf. Ninox superciliaris Vieillot 1817 white-browed owl
Otus rutilus Pucheran 1849 Malagasy scops-owl
Asio madagascariensis Smith 1834 Madagascar long-eared owl
cf. Asio madagascariensis Smith 1834 Madagascar long-eared owl | |
Corvus albus Muller 1776 pied crow | |
Ploceus sakalava Hartlaub 1860 sakalava weaver | |
Phedina borbonica Gmelin 1789 Mascarene martin | |
Monias benschi Oustalet and Grandidier 1903 subdesert mesite | |
cf. Anhinga melanogaster Pennant 1769 oriental darter | |
Lophotibis cristata Boddaert 1783 Madagascar ibis | |
Scopus umbretta Gmelin 1789 hamerkop | |
cf. Aepyornis sp. Geoffroy 1850 elephant bird | |
Pterocles personatus Gould 1843 Madagascar sandgrouse | |
Leptosomus discolor Hermann 1783 Cuckoo roller | |
Turnix nigricollis Gmelin 1789 Madgascar buttonquail | |
Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 helmeted guineafowl |