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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
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Nycticorax megacephalus Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues night heron | |
"Carine murivora" = Otus murivorus
"Carine murivora" = Otus murivorus Milne-Edwards 1874 scops owl | |
Necropsittacus rodericanus Milne-Edwards 1867 Rodrigues parrot | |
"Columba rodericana" = Nesoenas rodericana
"Columba rodericana" = Nesoenas rodericana Milne-Edwards 1874 dove | |
"Aphanapteryx leguati" = Erythromachus leguati
"Aphanapteryx leguati" = Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards 1874 Rodrigues rail | |
Necropsar rodericanus Günther and Newton 1879 Rodriguez starling | |
Reptilia | |
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