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)
• 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 231179: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird | |
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Pterodroma nigripennis Rothschild 1893 black-winged petrel
Pterodroma neglecta Schlegel 1863 Kermadec petrel | |
Columbidae "large pigeon indet." Illiger 1811 dove | |
Gallirallus astolfoi n. sp.
Gallirallus astolfoi n. sp. Salvador et al. 2021 rail |