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 | |
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken | |
Aves | |
Nesofregetta fuliginosa Gmelin 1789 Polynesian storm-petrel | |
Pterodroma nigripennis Rothschild 1893 black-winged petrel | |
"Halcyon mangaia" = Todiramphus ruficollaris
"Halcyon mangaia" = Todiramphus ruficollaris Holyoak 1974 mewing kingfisher | |
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789 Pacific black duck | |
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy |