Uleb-7 cave, Ulebsechel Island (level 3) (Holocene of Palau)

Where: Palau (7.3° N, 134.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 134.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 27/29-35/43 cm depth

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. K. Pregill and D. W. Steadman. 2000. Fossil vertebrates from Palau, Micronesia: a resource assessment. Micronesica 33:137-152 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209741: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater
 Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird
Reptilia
 Squamata - Scincidae
cf. Eugongylus sp. Fitzinger 1843 skink
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Pteropus sp. Brisson 1762 flying fox