La Carolina (Pleistocene of Ecuador)

Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 78.5° W)

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. The late Pleistocene avifauna of La Carolina, southwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:155-168 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152599: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 26.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Coragyps cf. atratus Bechstein 1793 black vulture
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus 1758 black-crowned night heron
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Aratinga sp. Spix 1824 parrot
Aratinga roosevelti Spillman 1942 parrot
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbina cruziana Prévost 1832 croaking ground-dove
Zenaida auriculata Des Murs 1847 eared dove
Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus 1758 white-winged dove
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas bahamensis Linnaeus 1758 white-cheeked pintail
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Circus cinereus Vieillot 1816 Cinereous harrier
Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp. Campbell 1976 hawk
Geranoaetus melanoleucus Vieillot 1819 black-chested buzzard eagle
"Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 variable hawk
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Milvago sp. Spix 1824 caracara
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
Falco femoralis Temminck 1822 Aplomado falcon
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
 Charadriiformes - Recurvirostridae
Himantopus mexicanus Muller 1776 black-necked stilt
 Charadriiformes - Burhinidae
Burhinus superciliaris von Tschudi 1843 Peruvian thick-knee
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
Oreopholus orcesi n. sp. Campbell 1976 lapwing
 Charadriiformes - Thinocoridae
Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz 1829 least seedsnipe
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus, "Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri, "Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla, Calidris canutus, Bartramia longicauda, Numenius phaeopus, Arenaria interpres, Phalaropus fulicarius, "Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes, Tringa solitaria, "Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca, Limosa fedoa
"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos Vieillot 1819 pectoral sandpiper
"Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus Bonaparte 1826 stilt sandpiper
"Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri Cabanis 1857 western sandpiper
"Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla Linnaeus 1766 semipalmated sandpiper
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot
Bartramia longicauda Bechstein 1812 upland sandpiper
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
Arenaria interpres Linnaeus 1758 ruddy turnstone
Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope
"Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus Brisson 1760 phalarope
"Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot 1819 Wilson's phalarope
"Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 red-necked phalarope
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet
"Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes Gmelin 1789 lesser yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria Wilson 1813 solitary sandpiper
"Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca Gmelin 1789 greater yellowlegs
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larosterna inca Lesson and Garnot 1827 inca tern
"Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan Wagler 1831 Franklin's gull