Henderson Island, site T12 (Holocene of Pitcairn)

Where: Pitcairn (24.4° S, 128.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 128.3° 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; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: G. M. Wragg. 1995. The fossil birds of Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group: natural turnover and human impact, a synopsis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56:405-414 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 193794: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy and Wragg 2003 dove
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 Christmas shearwater
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern