Where: French Polynesia (23.2° S, 135.1° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 135.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Deposited circa 950-1250 calendar AD
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: T. W. Worthy and A. J. D. Tennyson. 2004. Avifaunal assemblages from Nenega-iti and Onemea. In E. Conte, P. V. Kirch (eds.), Archaeological Investigations in the Mangareva Islands (Gambier Archipelago), French Polynesia 122-127 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 194673: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
cf. Pseudobulweria sp., Pterodroma spp., "Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica, "Puffinus cf. pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica, Puffinus nativitatis
cf. Pseudobulweria sp. Mathews 1936 petrel
Pterodroma spp. Bonaparte 1856 petrel
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
"Puffinus cf. pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 Christmas shearwater | |
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern
cf. Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern | |
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird |