Prosperous Bay (Olson collection) (Holocene of Saint Helena)
Where: Saint Helena (15.9° S, 5.6° W: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 5.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Likely deposited within the last thousand years (Lewis, 2008)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified 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 176075: 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 | |
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Charadrius sanctaehelenae Harting 1873 Saint Helena plover | |
Gygis alba, "Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus 1766 sooty tern | |
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Fregata minor Gmelin 1789 Great frigatebird | |
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Sula sula Linnaeus 1766 red-footed booby
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 masked booby | |
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Oceanodroma castro Harcourt 1861 band-rumped storm-petrel | |
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Pelagodroma marina Latham 1790 white-faced storm-petrel | |
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Pterodroma rupinarum Olson 1975 Saint Helena gadfly petrel
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater | |
"Atlantisia podarces" = Aphanocrex podarces, Porzana astrictocarpus n. sp.
"Atlantisia podarces" = Aphanocrex podarces Wetmore 1963 Saint Helena rail
Porzana astrictocarpus n. sp. Olson 1973 Saint Helena crake | |
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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 red-billed tropicbird | |