Holopeka site, Lifuka, Ha'apai Group (Holocene of Tonga)

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
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica, Puffinus lherminieri
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
"Eudynamis taitensis" = Urodynamis taitensis
"Eudynamis taitensis" = Urodynamis taitensis Sparrman 1787 long-tailed koel
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrio porphyrio Linnaeus 1758 western swamphen
Gallirallus philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail
Count from Kirchman & Steadman, 2005
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis Gmelin 1789 spotless crake
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken