Trench EB97:24, Emily Bay (Holocene of Norfolk Island)

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 194567: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallirallus cf. philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Hemiphaga spadicea Latham 1801 Norfolk Island pigeon
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Sparrman 1787 red-fronted parakeet
 Psittaciformes - Strigopidae
Nestor productus Gould 1836 Norfolk Island kaka
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 masked booby
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Pterodroma pycrofti Falla 1933 Pycroft's petrel
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Limosa lapponica Linnaeus 1758 bar-tailed godwit
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis fulva Gmelin 1789 Pacific golden-plover