Plaine Corail, Rodrigues (Slater collection) (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (19.8° S, 63.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 63.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H.H. Slater in 1874; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. Günther and E. Newton. 1879. The extinct birds of Rodriguez. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 168:423-437 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194074: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2018, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula sula1 Linnaeus 1766 red-footed booby
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Nycticorax megacephalus Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues night heron
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Carine murivora" = Otus murivorus
"Carine murivora" = Otus murivorus Milne-Edwards 1874 scops owl
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Necropsittacus rodericanus Milne-Edwards 1867 Rodrigues parrot
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Columba rodericana" = Nesoenas rodericana
"Columba rodericana" = Nesoenas rodericana Milne-Edwards 1874 dove
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Aphanapteryx leguati" = Erythromachus leguati
"Aphanapteryx leguati" = Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues rail
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Necropsar rodericanus Günther and Newton 1879 Rodriguez starling
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo indica2 Schneider 1783 turtle