Vallée des Prêtres: Holocene, Mauritius
collected by E. Thirioux
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Columba thiriouxi n. sp.
Hume 2011
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Nesoenas cicur
Hume 2011
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Pycnonotidae
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Hypsipetes olivaceus
Jardine and Selby 1837
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sturnidae
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Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus n. gen., n. sp.
Hume 2014
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Geography
| Country: | Mauritius |
| Coordinates: | 20.2° South, 57.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.2° South, 57.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
| Collectors: | E. Thirioux |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194028 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-11 23:40:17 | Last modified: | 2018-06-11 23:40:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-11 23:40:17 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 65952 | J. P. Hume. 2015. A new subfossil bulbul (Aves: Passerines: Pycnonotidae) from Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes, south-western Indian Ocean. Ostrich 86:247-260 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |