Sugarloaf Site 3 (Holocene of Saint Helena)

Where: Saint Helena (15.9° S, 5.7° W: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 5.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 1975. Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23:1-49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176073: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Procellariiformes - Oceanitidae
Pelagodroma marina
Pelagodroma marina Latham 1790 white-faced storm-petrel
 Procellariiformes - Hydrobatidae
Oceanodroma castro
Oceanodroma castro Harcourt 1861 band-rumped storm-petrel
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Bulweria bifax, Pterodroma rupinarum
Bulweria bifax Olson 1975 Saint Helena Bulwer's petrel
Pterodroma rupinarum Olson 1975 Saint Helena gadfly petrel
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus 1766 sooty tern
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Charadrius sanctaehelenae
Charadrius sanctaehelenae Harting 1873 Saint Helena plover