Ana Takitaki cave, Atiu (Holocene of Cook Islands)
Where: Cook Islands (20.0° S, 158.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.0° S, 158.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1987
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman. 1991. Extinct and extirpated birds from Aitutaki and Atiu, southern Cook Islands. Pacific Science 45:325-347 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 193455: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.05.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Ducula aurorae Peale 1848 Polynesian imperial-pigeon | |
"Halcyon tuta" = Todiramphus tutus
"Halcyon tuta" = Todiramphus tutus Gmelin 1788 chattering kingfisher | |
"Collocalia sawtelli" = Aerodramus sawtelli
"Collocalia sawtelli" = Aerodramus sawtelli Holyoak 1974 Atiu swiftlet |