Where: French Polynesia (27.6° S, 144.4° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 144.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Location T1 in loose sand at base of main exposure directly below eroding pocket of bones

•exposed at 155-160 cm depth

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ)

Primary reference: A. J. D. Tennyson and A. Anderson. 2012. Bird, reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island. In A. Anderson, D. J. Kennett (eds.), Taking the High Ground: The Archaeology of Rapa, a Fortified Island in Remote East Polynesia 105-114 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 231175: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2023

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