Trinil (Dubois collection) (Pleistocene of Indonesia)

Where: Jawa Timur, Indonesia (7.4° S, 111.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° S, 111.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. D. M. Weesie. 1982. The fossil bird remains in the Dubois collection. Modern Quaternary Research in South-East Asia 7:87-90 [H. Meijer/H. Meijer/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77490: authorized by Hanneke Meijer, entered by Hanneke Meijer on 14.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ephippiorhynchus cf. asiaticus Latham 1790 black-necked stork
Leptoptilos cf. dubius Gmelin 1789 greater adjutant
ID confirmed by Meijer and Awe Due 2010
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Branta cf. ruficollis Pallas 1769 red-breasted goose
Tadorna tadornoides Jardine and Selby 1828 Australian shelduck
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Pavo muticus Linnaeus 1766 green peafowl
subspecies muticus