Spring Bay (Pleistocene to of Barbados)

Also known as UF XW008

Where: Barbados (13.2° N, 59.4° W: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 59.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Collected by C. E. Ray and R. R. Allen in 1963; reposited in the FLMNH

Primary reference: P. Brodkorb. 1965. Fossil birds from Barbados, West Indies. The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society 31(1):3-10 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 155059: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 28.03.2014

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica podagrica n. sp. Brodkorb 1965 coot
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Dendrocygna arborea Linnaeus 1758 West Indian whistling duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Neochen barbadiana n. sp. Brodkorb 1965 waterfowl
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater