Ulon-1 cave, Ulong Island (Holocene of Palau)
Where: Palau (7.3° N, 134.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 134.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• 0-5 cm depth
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; 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 209745: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Megapodius laperouse Gaimard 1823 Micronesian scrubfowl | |
Aves | |
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird | |
"Gallicolumba canifrons" = Alopecoenas canifrons
"Gallicolumba canifrons" = Alopecoenas canifrons Hartlaub and Finsch 1872 Palau ground-dove | |
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy | |
Mammalia | |
Rattus sp. Fischer 1803 rat | |
Pteropus sp. Brisson 1762 flying fox |