Mare aux Songes swamp (modern collection) (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (20.4° S, 57.7° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 57.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; peat

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2005-2007

Primary reference: K. F. Rijsdijk, J. P. Hume, F. Bunnik, F. B. V. Florens, C. Baider, B. Shapiro, J. Plicht, A. Janoo, O. Griffiths, L. W. Hoek Ostende, H. Cremer, T. Vernimmen, P. G. B. De Louw, A. Bholah, S. Saumtally, N. Porch, J. Haile, M. Buckley, M. Collins and E. Gittenberger. 2009. Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone Concentration-Lagerstätte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus). Quaternary Science Reviews 28:14-24 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194169: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Melanoides tuberculata Müller 1774 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pomatiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Assimineidae
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
 Heterostropha - Physidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Pteropus niger Kerr 1792 Mauritian flying fox
 Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Taphozous mauritianus sac-winged bat
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida acetabulosus free-tailed bat
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Cylindraspis triserrata Gunther 1873 turtle
Cylindraspis inepta Gunther 1873 turtle
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Circus maillardi Verreaux 1862 Réunion marsh-harrier
 Passeriformes - Pycnonotidae
Hypsipetes olivaceus Jardine and Selby 1837 Mauritius bulbul
 Passeriformes - Zosteropidae
Zosterops sp. Vigors and Horsfield 1827 white-eye
 Passeriformes - Ploceidae
Foudia rubra Gmelin 1789 Mauritius fody
 Passeriformes - Campephagidae
"Coracina typica" = Lalage typica
"Coracina typica" = Lalage typica Hartlaub 1865 Mauritius cuckooshrike
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Nesoenas mayeri Prévost and Knip 1843 pink pigeon
Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus 1758 dodo
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Lophopsittacus mauritianus Owen 1866 broad-billed parrot
Lophopsittacus bensoni Holyoak 1973 Mascarene grey parakeet
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Mascarenotus sauzieri" = Otus sauzieri
"Mascarenotus sauzieri" = Otus sauzieri Newton and Gadow 1893 Mauritius owl
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Aphanapteryx bonasia Frauenfeld 1868 red rail
"Fulica newtoni" = Fulica newtonii Milne-Edwards 1867 Mascarene coot
 Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas 1811 greater flamingo