Where: Norfolk Island (29.1° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 168.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Polynesian archaeological site
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: R. N. Holdaway and A. Anderson. 2001. Avifauna from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norfolk Island: a preliminary account. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 27:85-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194565: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Pluvialis fulva Gmelin 1789 Pacific golden-plover | |
Gallirallus "Norfolk sp." Lafresnaye 1841 rail | |
Hemiphaga spadicea Latham 1801 Norfolk Island pigeon | |
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 masked booby | |
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Pterodroma pycrofti Falla 1933 Pycroft's petrel | |
Accipiter cf. fasciatus Vigors and Horsfield 1827 brown goshawk |