Fumaroles northeast of Booby Hill, Ascension (Holocene of Saint Helena)
Where: Saint Helena (8.0° S, 14.4° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° 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 S.L. Olson in 1970, 1971; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 1977. Additional notes on subfossil bird remains from Ascension Island. Ibis 119:37-43 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194290: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.06.2018
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Taxonomic list
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Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 masked booby | |
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus 1766 sooty tern | |
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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 red-billed tropicbird | |