Where: Niue (19.0° S, 169.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.0° S, 169.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy, R. Walter, and A. J. Anderson. 1998. Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean. Notornis 45:177-190 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 193851: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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Aplonis tabuensis Gmelin 1788 Polynesian starling | |
"Collocalia spodiopygia" = Aerodramus spodiopygius
"Collocalia spodiopygia" = Aerodramus spodiopygius Peale 1848 white-rumped swiftlet | |
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis, Gallirallus philippensis, "Porphyrio samoensis" = Porphyrio melanotus samoensis
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis Gmelin 1789 spotless crake
Gallirallus philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail
"Porphyrio samoensis" = Porphyrio melanotus samoensis Peale 1848 Australasian swamphen Porphyrio p. samoaensis
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Ducula sp. Hodgson 1836 imperial pigeon
Ducula pacifica Gmelin 1789 Pacific imperial-pigeon | |
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Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird | |
| Reptilia | |
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Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken | |
| Mammalia | |
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Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat | |
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Pteropus tonganus flying fox | |