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
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 194765: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern | |
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Gallirallus ripleyi Steadman 1987 Mangaia rail
Porzana rua Steadman 1987 Mangaia crake | |
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Vini kuhlii Vigors 1824 Kuhl's lorikeet
Vini vidivici Steadman and Zarriello 1987 conquered lorikeet | |
Ducula galeata, Ptilinopus rarotongensis, Gallicolumba nui, "Gallicolumba erythroptera" = Alopecoenas erythropterus
Ducula galeata Bonaparte 1855 Marquesas imperial-pigeon
Ptilinopus rarotongensis Hartlaub and Finsch 1871 Cook Islands fruit-dove
Gallicolumba nui Steadman 1992 dove
"Gallicolumba erythroptera" = Alopecoenas erythropterus Gmelin 1789 Polynesian ground-dove | |
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Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird | |