Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Pluvialis dominica (Müller, 1776)
MATERIAL.—Gilles Cave, upper layer: right humerus, right ulna, right and left femora, left tarsometatarsus.
MEASUREMENTS (mm).—Humerus: length, 45.2. Ulna: length, 46.4. Femur: length, 32.5, 33.5. Tarsometatarsus: length, 44.6.
COMPARATIVE MATERIAL.—Pluvialis dominica, 32 USNM, 1 MNHN.
STATUS.—Extant, Palearctic migrant; common.
Coenocorypha? species
MATERIAL.—Gilles Cave, lower layer: right humerus lacking most of the ends, proximal end of left humerus, scapular end of right coracoid.
MEASUREMENTS.—No standard measurements possible.
COMPARATIVE MATERIAL.—Tringa brevipes (Vieillot), 6 USNM; Capella megala (Swinhoe), 1 USNM; C. stenura (Bonaparte), 3 USNM; Coenocorypha a. aucklandica (Gray), 1 NMNZ; C. a. pusilla (Buller), 1 NMNZ.
STATUS.—Extinct, endemic?: known only from fossils.
- bibliographic citation
- Balouet, Jean Christophe and Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Fossil birds from late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-38. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.469
