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)
• In the upper level, bones of rats were abundant and occurred to a depth of 1.3 m. These rodents are commensals of man and the deposits containing them must be assumed to postdate human occupation of the island.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: coprolite
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 193985: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Ninox cf. novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1788 southern boobook | |
"Halcyon sancta" = Todiramphus sanctus
"Halcyon sancta" = Todiramphus sanctus Vigors and Horsfield 1827 sacred kingfisher | |
Columba vitiensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 metallic pigeon
Ducula goliath Gray 1859 New Caledonian imperial-pigeon
Chalcophaps indica Linnaeus 1758 Asian emerald dove | |
Porphyrio kukwiedei, "Tricholimnas lafresnayanus" = Gallirallus lafresnayanus, Gallirallus philippensis, "Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis
Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet and Olson 1989 New Caledonia gallinule
"Tricholimnas lafresnayanus" = Gallirallus lafresnayanus Verreaux and des Murs 1860 New Caledonian rail
Gallirallus philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis Gmelin 1789 spotless crake | |
Sylviornis neocaledoniae Poplin 1980 bird | |
"Turnix varia" = Turnix varius
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Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover
Charadrius mongolus Pallas 1776 lesser sand-plover |