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 | |
|
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern | |
|
Ptilinopus sp. Swainson 1825 fruit dove
Ducula tihonireasini Rigal et al. 2018 imperial pigeon | |
|
Nesofregetta fuliginosa Gmelin 1789 Polynesian storm-petrel | |
Procellariidae indet., Pseudobulweria sp., Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus cf. bailloni, Pterodroma cf. leucoptera, Pterodroma cf. heraldica, Ardenna pacifica
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Pseudobulweria sp. Mathews 1936 petrel
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 Christmas shearwater
Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater | |
|
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird | |
|
Fregata minor Gmelin 1789 Great frigatebird | |