Henderson Island, site 21 (Holocene of Pitcairn)
Where: Pitcairn (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: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
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Ptilinopus insularis North 1908 Henderson Island fruit-dove
Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy and Wragg 2003 dove | |
Pterodroma spp., "Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica
Pterodroma spp. Bonaparte 1856 petrel
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater | |
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Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird | |
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Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern
Anous spp. Stephens 1826 gull | |