Deposits near English Bay, Ascension (Holocene of Saint Helena)
Where: Saint Helena (7.9° S, 14.4° W: paleocoordinates 7.9° S, 14.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by B.O.U. Centenary Expedition in 1957-1959; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: N. P. Ashmole. 1963. Subfossil bird remains on Ascension Island. Ibis 103b:382-389 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194221: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.06.2018
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Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 red-billed tropicbird | |
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Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 masked booby | |
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Fregata aquila Linnaeus 1758 Ascension frigatebird | |
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Oceanodroma castro Harcourt 1861 band-rumped storm-petrel | |
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Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern | |
| Mammalia | |
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Rattus sp. Fischer 1803 rat | |