Site WF-U-MU 21A, bed VIa, Utuleve, Uvea (Holocene of Wallis and Futuna)

Where: Wallis and Futuna (13.3° S, 176.2° W: paleocoordinates 13.3° S, 176.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. C. Balouet and S. L. Olson. 1987. A new extinct species of giant pigeon (Columbidae: Ducula) from archeological deposits on Wallis (Uvea) Island, South Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:769-775 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 193795: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ducula david n. sp.
Ducula david n. sp. Balouet and Olson 1987 Steadman's imperial-pigeon
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken