Moomomi Dunes, Pleistocene: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Hawaii
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Numenius tahitiensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma hypoleuca
(Slavin 1888)
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Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Plataleidae
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Apteribis glenos
Olson and Wetmore 1976
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Thambetochen chauliodous n. sp.
Olson and Wetmore 1976
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Branta sp.
Scopoli 1769
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
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Passeriformes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Fringillidae
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Ciridops sp.
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Rallidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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| rails | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
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Strigiformes indet.
Wagler 1830
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| owl | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Grallistrix geleches n. sp.
Olson and James 1991
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Haliaeetus sp.
Savigny 1809
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Circus dossenus n. sp.
Olson and James 1991
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Hawaii | County: | Molokai |
| Coordinates: | 21.2° North, 157.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.2° North, 157.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | interdune |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 110072 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-01 01:51:16 | Last modified: | 2016-02-10 13:51:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-01 01:51:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57999. | S. L. Olson and H. F. James. 1991. Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 45:1-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 36280 | S. L. Olson and H. F. James. 1982. Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 365:1-59 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 85662 | A. C. Ziegler, F. G. Howarth, and N. B. Simmons. 2016. A second endemic land mammal for the Hawaiian Islands: A new genus and species of fossil bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). American Museum Novitates 2016(3854):1-52 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |