Sandy Bay Site B (Holocene of Saint Helena)
Where: Saint Helena (16.0° S, 5.7° W: paleocoordinates 16.0° S, 5.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: eolian; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by S.L. Olson in 1971; reposited in the USNM
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 176074: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.01.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pterodroma rupinarum Olson 1975 Saint Helena gadfly petrel
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater | |