Layer X, 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 194721: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Megapodius alimentum Steadman 1989 consumed scrubfowl | |
Aves | |
Ducula lakeba Worthy 2001 Lakeba imperial-pigeon |