Hopoate (Holocene of Tonga)
Where: Vava'u, Tonga (21.2° S, 175.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 175.1° 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 208867: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
Columbidae indet., Alopecoenas stairi, Ducula pacifica, Ducula shutleri, Ptilinopus perousii, Didunculus placopedetes
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove
Alopecoenas stairi Gray 1856 shy ground-dove
Ducula pacifica Gmelin 1789 Pacific imperial-pigeon
Ducula shutleri Worthy and Burley 2019 imperial pigeon
Ptilinopus perousii Peale 1848 many-colored fruit-dove
Didunculus placopedetes Steadman 2006 Tongan tooth-billed pigeon | |
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Vini sp. Lesson 1833 parrot
Eclectus infectus Steadman 2006 oceanic parrot | |
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Cacomantis flabelliformis Latham 1801 fan-tailed cuckoo | |
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Porphyrio melanotus Temminck 1820 Australasian swamphen | |
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Galliformes indet. fowl | |
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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 | |