Where: Tonga (19.8° S, 174.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 174.3° 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
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, A. Plourde, and D. V. Burley. 2002. Prehistoric butchery and consumption of birds in the Kingdom of Tonga, south Pacific. Journal of Archaeological Science 29:571-584 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 194752: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica, Puffinus lherminieri
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater | |
"Eudynamis taitensis" = Urodynamis taitensis
"Eudynamis taitensis" = Urodynamis taitensis Sparrman 1787 long-tailed koel | |
Porphyrio porphyrio Linnaeus 1758 western swamphen
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis Gmelin 1789 spotless crake | |
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy | |
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken |