Where: French Polynesia (8.9° S, 139.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° S, 139.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Bishop Museum (BPBM)
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman and M. C. Zarriello. 1987. Two new species of parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from archeological sites in the Marquesas Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:518-528 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 193461: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.05.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Vini ultramarina Kuhl 1820 ultramarine lorikeet
Vini sinotoi n. sp. Steadman and Zarriello 1987 Sinoto's lorikeet
Vini vidivici Steadman and Zarriello 1987 conquered lorikeet |