Tangatatau Rockshelter, zone D, Mangaia (Holocene of Cook Islands)

Where: Cook Islands (21.9° S, 157.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman and P. V. Kirch. 1990. Prehistoric extinction of birds on Mangaia, Cook Islands, Polynesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 87:9605-9609 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194759: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Pterodroma nigripennis Rothschild 1893 black-winged petrel
 Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata ariel Gray 1845 Lesser frigatebird
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken