Deposits near Crystal Bay, site 1, Ascension (Holocene of Saint Helena)

Where: Saint Helena (8.0° S, 14.3° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° S, 14.3° 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 194236: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata aquila Linnaeus 1758 Ascension frigatebird
 Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 red-billed tropicbird