Sugarloaf Hill, site 1 (Pleistocene of Saint Helena)
Where: Saint Helena (15.9° S, 5.7° W: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 5.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Radiocarbon dated to late Pleistocene by Lewis (2008).
Environment/lithology: eolian; unlithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by S.L. Olson in 1971; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 1973. Evolution of the rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 152:1-53 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 176071: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.01.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus 1766 sooty tern | |
"Atlantisia podarces" = Aphanocrex podarces
"Atlantisia podarces" = Aphanocrex podarces Wetmore 1963 Saint Helena rail | |
Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos n. gen. n. sp.
Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos n. gen. n. sp. Olson 1975 Saint Helena dove | |
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Pelagodroma marina Latham 1790 white-faced storm-petrel | |
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, Bulweria bifax n. sp., Puffinus lherminieri, Puffinus pacificoides n. sp., Pterodroma rupinarum n. sp.
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Bulweria bifax n. sp. Olson 1975 Saint Helena Bulwer's petrel
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater
Puffinus pacificoides n. sp. Olson 1975 shearwater
Pterodroma rupinarum n. sp. Olson 1975 Saint Helena gadfly petrel | |