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Pinicola pyrrhula

Pinicola pyrrhula

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Holotype. MCMa 2002.016: fragmentary mandIble, wIth a near Complete rIght half, wIthout proCeSSuS medIalIS mandIbulae and a fragment of the proCeSSuS CoronoIdeuS, and the left ramuS mandIbulae broken (FIgure 3 A`). ColleCted by E. TorreS, J. C. Illera, J. C. Rando, H. PIeper, O. Runze & J. A. AlCover, 20 – 24.06.2015. Type locality. Furna do CalCInhaS, Small Cave (22.5 m length, 7 m wIde, 3.5 m maXImum heIght) SItuated at 175 m a. S. l. InSIde the CaldeIra volCano, SoutheaStern portIon of Ilha da GraCIoSa, AzoreS (FIgure 1). Horizon. HoloCene. The CaldeIra volCano IS 12,000 yearS old (França et al. 2003), So the materIalS InSIde the Cave are neCeSSarIly younger. The remaInS of a Fringilla obtaIned In the Same SedImentary unIt aS the materIal of the new SpeCIeS yIelded a 14 C age of 3029 ± 31 BP (1400 - 1190 Cal BC; RICH- 21754).

Scientific name
Pinicola pyrrhula
Family
Fringillidae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Pinicola

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