Caverne Poule Rouge, Plaine Corail, Rodrigues: Holocene, Mauritius
collected 2005

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards 1874)
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Nesoenas rodericana (Milne-Edwards 1874)
Alectroenas payandeei n. sp. Hume 2011
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards 1874
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Necropsar rodericanus Günther and Newton 1879
Hume 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:Mauritius
Coordinates: 19.8° South, 63.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.8° South, 63.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Depth of 350 mm
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:2005
Collection method comments: Repository: Francois Leguat Museum, Rodrigues
Metadata
Database number:194026
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-11 23:31:36 Last modified:2018-06-17 12:33:05
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-11 23:31:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
65903. J. P. Hume. 2011. Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa 3124:1-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

65932 J. P. Hume. 2013. A synopsis of the pre-human avifauna of the Mascarene Islands. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution 195-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65977 J. P. Hume. 2014. Systematics, morphology, and ecological history of the Mascarene starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) with the description of a new genus and species from Mauritius. Zootaxa 3849:1-75 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]