Henderson Island, site 21 (Holocene of Pitcairn)

Where: Pitcairn (24.4° S, 128.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 128.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: G. M. Wragg. 1995. The fossil birds of Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group: natural turnover and human impact, a synopsis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56:405-414 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 193792: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Anous spp. Stephens 1826 gull
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy and Wragg 2003 dove
Ptilinopus insularis North 1908 Henderson Island fruit-dove
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Pterodroma spp., "Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica
Pterodroma spp. Bonaparte 1856 petrel
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
 Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird