Onemea Site TAR-6, test pit 2, layer II (Holocene of French Polynesia)

Where: French Polynesia (23.2° S, 135.1° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 135.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Deposited circa 1300-1450 calendar AD

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: T. W. Worthy and A. J. D. Tennyson. 2004. Avifaunal assemblages from Nenega-iti and Onemea. In E. Conte, P. V. Kirch (eds.), Archaeological Investigations in the Mangareva Islands (Gambier Archipelago), French Polynesia 122-127 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 194672: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern
cf. Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Pterodroma spp. Bonaparte 1856 petrel
Pterodroma neglecta/ultima
cf. Pseudobulweria sp. Mathews 1936 petrel