Barrio Canas midden (Holocene of Puerto Rico)

Where: Puerto Rico (18.0° N, 66.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 66.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, anthropogenic

Reposited in the YPM

Primary reference: A. Wetmore. 1938. Bird remains from the West Indies. The Auk 55:51-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194583: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus 1758 American flamingo
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus 1766 glossy ibis
"Guara alba" = Eudocimus albus Linnaeus 1758 White ibis
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin 1900 white-necked crow
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Ionornis martinica" = Porphyrio martinica, Nesotrochis debooyi
"Ionornis martinica" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule
Nesotrochis debooyi Wetmore 1918 cave-rail
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Zenaida zenaida" = Zenaida aurita zenaida, "Oreopeleia larva" = Geotrygon larva, "Oreopeleia montana" = Geotrygon montana, "Columba inornata" = Patagioenas inornata, "Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa
"Zenaida zenaida" = Zenaida aurita zenaida Bonaparte 1825 zenaida dove
"Oreopeleia larva" = Geotrygon larva Wetmore 1920 dove
"Oreopeleia montana" = Geotrygon montana Linnaeus 1758 ruddy quail-dove
"Columba inornata" = Patagioenas inornata Vigors 1827 plain pigeon
"Columba squamosa" = Patagioenas squamosa Bonnaterre 1792 scaly-naped pigeon
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Dendrocygna arborea Linnaeus 1758 West Indian whistling duck
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Buteo platypterus Vieillot 1823 broad-winged hawk
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Thalasseus maximus Boddaert 1783 royal tern
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet