Where: New Caledonia (21.4° S, 165.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 165.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Anderson, C. Sand, F. Petchey and T. H. Wright. 2010. Faunal extinction and human habitation in New Caledonia: initial results and implications of new research at the Pindai Caves. Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1:89-109 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 193988: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Pteropus cf. vetulus flying fox
Pteropus sp. Brisson 1762 flying fox
Notopteris neocaledonica fruit bat | |
| Reptilia | |
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Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
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Megapodius molistructor Balouet and Olson 1989 pile-builder megapode | |
| Aves | |
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Sylviornis neocaledoniae Poplin 1980 bird | |
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Anas gracilis Buller 1869 gray teal | |
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Collocalia spp. Gray 1840 swift | |
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Aegotheles savesi Layard and Layard 1881 New Caledonian owlet-nightjar | |
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis, Porphyrio melanotus, Porphyrio kukwiedei, "Tricholimnas lafresnayanus" = Gallirallus lafresnayanus
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis Gmelin 1789 spotless crake
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck 1820 Australasian swamphen
Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet and Olson 1989 New Caledonia gallinule
"Tricholimnas lafresnayanus" = Gallirallus lafresnayanus Verreaux and des Murs 1860 New Caledonian rail | |
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cf. Caloenas canacorum Balouet and Olson 1989 dove | |
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Tyto letocarti Balouet and Olson 1989 barn owl | |
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Rhynochetos sp. Verreaux and des Murs 1860 kagu | |
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Accipiter efficax Balouet and Olson 1989 hawk | |
| Reptilia | |
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Mekosuchus inexpectatus Balouet and Buffetaut 1987 crocodilian | |