Also known as Site 131
Where: Northern Mariana Islands (15.0° N, 145.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 145.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D.W. Steadman, C.C. Bodner, S.R. Derrickson, J.D. Groves, D.S. Lee in 1994
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman. 1999. The prehistory of vertebrates, especially birds, on Tinian, Aguiguan, and Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesica 31:319-345 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194626: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Pteropus sp. Brisson 1762 flying fox | |
| Reptilia | |
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Squamata indet. Oppel 1811 squamates | |
| Aves | |
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Pluvialis fulva Gmelin 1789 Pacific golden-plover | |
"Gygis candida" = Gygis alba candida, Anous stolidus, Anous minutus, "Procelsterna cerulea" = Anous ceruleus
"Gygis candida" = Gygis alba candida Gmelin 1789 Pacific white tern
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy
Anous minutus Boie 1844 black noddy
"Procelsterna cerulea" = Anous ceruleus Bennett 1840 blue-gray noddy | |
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cf. Ducula oceanica Desmarest 1826 Micronesian imperial-pigeon
"Gallicolumba xanthonura" = Alopecoenas xanthonurus Temminck 1823 white-throated ground-dove
Ptilinopus roseicapilla Lesson 1831 Mariana fruit-dove | |
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Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825 rail
Gallirallus sp. Lafresnaye 1841 rail
Porzana sp. Vieillot 1816 rail
"Poliolimnas cinereus" = Amaurornis cinerea Vieillot 1819 white-browed crake | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Zosterops conspicillatus Kittlitz 1833 bridled white-eye | |
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Aplonis opaca Kittlitz 1833 Micronesian starling | |
| Reptilia | |
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Megapodius laperouse Gaimard 1823 Micronesian scrubfowl | |