Layer W, Qaranipuqa rockshelter, Lakeba (Holocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (18.2° S, 178.8° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 178.8° W)

• 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

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy. 2000. The fossil megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30:337-364 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 194718: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Galliformes - Megapodiidae
Megapodius alimentum Steadman 1989 consumed scrubfowl
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ducula lakeba n. sp. Worthy 2001 Lakeba imperial-pigeon