Tangatatau Rockshelter, zone A, Mangaia (Holocene of Cook Islands)

Where: Cook Islands (21.9° S, 157.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 157.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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 and P. V. Kirch. 1990. Prehistoric extinction of birds on Mangaia, Cook Islands, Polynesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 87:9605-9609 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194756: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken
Aves
 Procellariiformes - Hydrobatidae
Nesofregetta fuliginosa Gmelin 1789 Polynesian storm-petrel
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Pterodroma nigripennis Rothschild 1893 black-winged petrel
 Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae
"Halcyon mangaia" = Todiramphus ruficollaris
"Halcyon mangaia" = Todiramphus ruficollaris Holyoak 1974 mewing kingfisher
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 Pacific black duck
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy