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: S. Rigal, P. V. Kirch, and T. H. Worthy. 2018. New prehistoric avifaunas from the Gambier Group, French Polynesia. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(3.4A):1-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 198010: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.12.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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Fregata minor Gmelin 1789 Great frigatebird | |
Procellariidae indet., Ardenna pacifica, Pseudobulweria sp., Puffinus cf. bailloni, Puffinus nativitatis, Pterodroma cf. heraldica, Pterodroma cf. leucoptera
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
Pseudobulweria sp. Mathews 1936 petrel
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 Christmas shearwater | |
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Nesofregetta fuliginosa Gmelin 1789 Polynesian storm-petrel | |
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Ducula tihonireasini Rigal et al. 2018 imperial pigeon
Ptilinopus sp. Swainson 1825 fruit dove | |
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Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern | |
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Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird | |