Vuna (Holocene of Tonga)
Where: Vava'u, Tonga (18.7° S, 174.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.7° S, 174.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy and D. V. Burley. 2019. Prehistoric avifaunas from the Kingdom of Tonga. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189:998-1045 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 208863: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ardea modesta Gray 1831 heron | |
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Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater | |
Columbidae indet., Alopecoenas stairi, Caloenas sp., Ducula pacifica, Ducula shutleri, Didunculus placopedetes
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove
Alopecoenas stairi Gray 1856 shy ground-dove
Caloenas sp. Gray 1840 dove
Ducula pacifica Gmelin 1789 Pacific imperial-pigeon
Ducula shutleri Worthy and Burley 2019 imperial pigeon
Didunculus placopedetes Steadman 2006 Tongan tooth-billed pigeon | |
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Eclectus infectus Steadman 2006 oceanic parrot | |
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Porphyrio melanotus Temminck 1820 Australasian swamphen
Hypotaenidia vavauensis Worthy and Burley 2019 rail | |
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Megapodiidae indet. Lesson 1831 megapode
Megapodius sp. Gaimard 1823 scrubfowl
Megapodius alimentum Steadman 1989 consumed scrubfowl
Megapodius pritchardii Gray 1864 Niuafoou scrubfowl | |
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Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken | |
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Thalasseus bergii Lichtenstein 1823 great crested tern | |