Where: French Polynesia (8.9° S, 139.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° S, 139.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collection methods: Repository: Bishop Museum (BPBM)
Primary reference: J. J. Kirchman and D. W. Steadman. 2007. New species of extinct rails (Aves: Rallidae) from archaeological sites in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Pacific Science 61:145-163 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 194746: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2018, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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cf. Myiagra sp. Vigors and Horsfield 1827 perching bird | |
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Acrocephalus mendanae Tristram 1883 southern Marquesan reed-warbler | |
"Halcyon godeffroyi" = Todiramphus godeffroyi
"Halcyon godeffroyi" = Todiramphus godeffroyi Finsch 1877 Marquesas kingfisher | |
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Vini vidivici Steadman and Zarriello 1987 conquered lorikeet
Vini sinotoi Steadman and Zarriello 1987 Sinoto's lorikeet | |
Ducula galeata, Ptilinopus mercierii, Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii, "Gallicolumba rubescens" = Alopecoenas rubescens, Gallicolumba sp.
Ducula galeata Bonaparte 1855 Marquesas imperial-pigeon
Ptilinopus mercierii fruit dove
Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii Neboux 1840 white-capped fruit-dove
"Gallicolumba rubescens" = Alopecoenas rubescens Vieillot 1818 Marquesas ground-dove | |
Porzana sp., Gallirallus gracilitibia n. sp.
Gallirallus gracilitibia n. sp. Kirchman and Steadman 2007 Ua Huka rail | |