La Carolina (Pleistocene of Ecuador)
Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 78.5° W)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. The late Pleistocene avifauna of La Carolina, southwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:155-168 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 152599: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 26.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
Falco femoralis Temminck 1822 Aplomado falcon
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
Milvago sp. Spix 1824 caracara | |
Himantopus mexicanus Muller 1776 black-necked stilt | |
Burhinus superciliaris von Tschudi 1843 Peruvian thick-knee | |
Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz 1829 least seedsnipe | |
Pluvialis squatarola, Pluvialis dominica, Charadrius vociferus, Charadrius semipalmatus, Oreopholus orcesi n. sp.
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
Oreopholus orcesi n. sp. Campbell 1976 lapwing | |
Numenius phaeopus, Calidris canutus, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus, "Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri, "Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes, Tringa solitaria, "Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus, Phalaropus fulicarius, "Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus, Arenaria interpres, Limosa fedoa, Bartramia longicauda
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot
"Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus Bonaparte 1826 stilt sandpiper
"Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri Cabanis 1857 western sandpiper
"Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla Linnaeus 1766 semipalmated sandpiper
"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos Vieillot 1819 pectoral sandpiper
"Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes Gmelin 1789 lesser yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria Wilson 1813 solitary sandpiper
"Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca Gmelin 1789 greater yellowlegs
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet
"Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot 1819 Wilson's phalarope
"Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 red-necked phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope
"Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus Brisson 1760 phalarope
Arenaria interpres Linnaeus 1758 ruddy turnstone
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
Bartramia longicauda Bechstein 1812 upland sandpiper | |
Larosterna inca, "Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan
Larosterna inca Lesson and Garnot 1827 inca tern
"Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan Wagler 1831 Franklin's gull | |
Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp., Circus cinereus, Geranoaetus melanoleucus, "Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma
Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp. Campbell 1976 hawk
Circus cinereus Vieillot 1816 Cinereous harrier
Geranoaetus melanoleucus Vieillot 1819 black-chested buzzard eagle
"Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 variable hawk | |
Coragyps cf. atratus Bechstein 1793 black vulture
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture | |
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas bahamensis Linnaeus 1758 white-cheeked pintail | |
Columbina cruziana Prévost 1832 croaking ground-dove
Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus 1758 white-winged dove
Zenaida auriculata Des Murs 1847 eared dove | |
Aratinga sp. Spix 1824 parrot
Aratinga roosevelti Spillman 1942 parrot | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl | |
Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus 1758 black-crowned night heron |