Baie du Cap cave shelters: Holocene, Mauritius
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Raphus cucullatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | Mauritius |
| Coordinates: | 20.5° South, 57.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.5° South, 57.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Altitude: | 70 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomeratic siltstone |
| Lithology description: "under a silt layer mixed with rubble" | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 68416 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-20 21:58:55 | Last modified: | 2007-01-21 00:03:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-20 21:58:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19700. | A. Janoo. 2005. Discovery of isolated dodo bones [Raphus cucullatus (L.), Aves, Columbiformes] from Mauritius cave shelters highlights human predation, with a comment on the status of the family Raphidae Wetmore, 1930. Annales de Paléontologie 91(2):167-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |