PBDB Collection

Layer III, Anatu, Eua (Pleistocene of Tonga)

Where: Tonga (21.4° S, 174.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 174.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Older than 60-78.8 ka (uranium-series date from overlying flowstone)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; calcareous siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman. 1993. Biogeography of Tongan birds before and after human impact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90:818-822 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 194699: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
Passeriformes - Campephagidae	Lalage maculosa Lalage maculosa Peale 1848 Polynesian triller
Passeriformes - Scotocercidae	Cettia sp. Cettia sp. Bonaparte 1834 perching bird
Passeriformes - Sturnidae	Aplonis tabuensis Aplonis tabuensis Gmelin 1788 Polynesian starling
Passeriformes - Meliphagidae	Myzomela cardinalis, "Foulehaio carunculata" = Foulehaio carunculatus Myzomela cardinalis Gmelin 1788 cardinal myzomela "Foulehaio carunculata" = Foulehaio carunculatus Gmelin 1788 eastern wattled-honeyeater
Passeriformes - Monarchidae	Myiagra sp. Myiagra sp. Vigors and Horsfield 1827 perching bird
Passeriformes - Turdidae	Turdus poliocephalus Turdus poliocephalus Latham 1801 island thrush
Gruiformes - Rallidae	Gallirallus vekamatolu¹, Gallinula "n. sp." Gallirallus vekamatolu¹ Kirchman and Steadman 2005 Eua rail Gallinula "n. sp." Brisson 1760 moorhen
Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae	Vini australis, Eclectus infectus² Vini australis Gmelin 1788 blue-crowned lorikeet Eclectus infectus² Steadman 2006 oceanic parrot
Columbiformes - Columbidae	Ducula "n. sp.", Ducula david, Didunculus placopedetes³, "Gallicolumba stairi" = Alopecoenas stairi, Ptilinopus porphyraceus Ducula "n. sp." Hodgson 1836 imperial pigeon Ducula david Balouet and Olson 1987 Steadman's imperial-pigeon Didunculus placopedetes³ Steadman 2006 Tongan tooth-billed pigeon "Gallicolumba stairi" = Alopecoenas stairi Gray 1856 shy ground-dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus Temminck 1821 crimson-crowned fruit-dove
Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae	"Halcyon chloris" = Todiramphus chloris "Halcyon chloris" = Todiramphus chloris Boddaert 1783 collared kingfisher
Accipitriformes - Accipitridae	Accipiter cf. rufitorques Accipiter cf. rufitorques Peale 1848 Fiji goshawk
Reptilia
Galliformes - Megapodiidae	Megapodius "n. sp.", Megapodius pritchardii, Megapodius alimentum Megapodius "n. sp." Gaimard 1823 scrubfowl Megapodius pritchardii Gray 1864 Niuafoou scrubfowl Megapodius alimentum Steadman 1989 consumed scrubfowl

¹Kirchman and Steadman 2005; ²Steadman 2006; ³Steadman 2006