Where: French Polynesia (23.2° S, 135.1° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 135.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: S. Rigal, P. V. Kirch, and T. H. Worthy. 2018. New prehistoric avifaunas from the Gambier Group, French Polynesia. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(3.4A):1-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 198008: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.12.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Pseudobulweria sp. Mathews 1936 petrel | |
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern | |
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken |