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 193852: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy | |
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken | |
"Collocalia spodiopygia" = Aerodramus spodiopygius
"Collocalia spodiopygia" = Aerodramus spodiopygius Peale 1848 white-rumped swiftlet | |
Aplonis tabuensis Gmelin 1788 Polynesian starling | |
"Porphyrio samoensis" = Porphyrio melanotus samoensis, "Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis
"Porphyrio samoensis" = Porphyrio melanotus samoensis Peale 1848 Australasian swamphen Porphyrio p. samoaensis
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis Gmelin 1789 spotless crake | |
Ducula pacifica Gmelin 1789 Pacific imperial-pigeon | |
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird |