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)
• Layer III lacks organic and cultural materials and probably was deposited immediately prior to human occupation of Railhunter Rockshelter.
• 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 194629: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811 squamates
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake | |
Aves | |
Ptilinopus roseicapilla Lesson 1831 Mariana fruit-dove | |
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825 rail
Porzana sp. Vieillot 1816 rail
Gallirallus sp. Lafresnaye 1841 rail | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Zosterops conspicillatus Kittlitz 1833 bridled white-eye |