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 194566: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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Pluvialis fulva Gmelin 1789 Pacific golden-plover | |
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Limosa lapponica Linnaeus 1758 bar-tailed godwit | |
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Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 masked booby | |
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Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Pterodroma pycrofti Falla 1933 Pycroft's petrel | |
Hemiphaga spadicea, "Gallicolumba cf. norfolciensis" = Alopecoenas norfolkensis
Hemiphaga spadicea Latham 1801 Norfolk Island pigeon
"Gallicolumba cf. norfolciensis" = Alopecoenas norfolkensis Forshaw 2015 Norfolk ground-dove | |
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Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Sparrman 1787 red-fronted parakeet | |
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Nestor productus Gould 1836 Norfolk Island kaka | |
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Gallirallus cf. philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail
Porphyrio sp. Brisson 1760 rail | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Accipiter cf. fasciatus Vigors and Horsfield 1827 brown goshawk | |