Where: Hawaii (19.2° N, 155.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pahala Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Age of the fossils are unclear. They are described as Recent, but prehistoric.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; ash

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: salvage

• collected while digging and irrigation tunnel

Primary reference: A. Wetmore. 1943. An extinct goose from the Island of Hawaii. Condor 45:146-148 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 109863: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.05.2011

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