Hanatekua Shelter 2 site, Hiva Oa (Holocene of French Polynesia)

Where: French Polynesia (9.7° S, 139.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° S, 139.0° 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 193467: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.05.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Papasula abbotti3
Papasula abbotti3 Ridgway 1893 Abbott's booby
ssp. costelloi
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Vini vidivici n. sp., Vini sinotoi
Vini vidivici n. sp. Steadman and Zarriello 1987 conquered lorikeet
Vini sinotoi Steadman and Zarriello 1987 Sinoto's lorikeet
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrio paepae n. sp.2, cf. Gallirallus sp.1
Porphyrio paepae n. sp.2 Steadman 1988 Marquesan swamphen
cf. Gallirallus sp.1 Lafresnaye 1841 rail
1Kirchman and Steadman 2007; 2Steadman 1988; 3Steadman et al. 1988