Where: New Caledonia (21.9° S, 166.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 166.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Rat bones are absent in the lower level deposits at Gilles Cave, which are therefore assumed to have been laid down prior to man's arrival.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: J. C. Balouet and S. L. Olson. 1989. Fossil birds from late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 469:1-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 193984: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
? Tyto letocarti n. sp.
? Tyto letocarti n. sp. Balouet and Olson 1989 barn owl | |
"Tricholimnas lafresnayanus" = Gallirallus lafresnayanus
"Tricholimnas lafresnayanus" = Gallirallus lafresnayanus Verreaux and des Murs 1860 New Caledonian rail | |
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Sylviornis neocaledoniae Poplin 1980 bird | |
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Aegotheles savesi Layard and Layard 1881 New Caledonian owlet-nightjar | |
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? Coenocorypha sp. Gray 1855 snipe | |
"Turnix varia" = Turnix varius
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