Where: Solomon Islands (12.3° S, 168.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 168.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Tuakamali phase
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collected by P.V. Kirch in 1977-1978
• Repository: Bishop Museum
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, D. S. Pahlavan, and P. V. Kirch. 1990. Extinction, biogeography, and human exploitation of birds on Tikopia and Anuta, Polynesian outliers in the Solomon Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 30:118-153 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 209074: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Sterninae indet. Bonaparte 1838 tern
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy |