Prosperous Bay (BOU collection): Holocene, Saint Helena
collected by B.O.U. Centenary Expedition 1959
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Sterna fuscata
Linnaeus 1766
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Ashmole 1963 | |||||||||
| recombined as Onychoprion fuscatus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus sp.
Brisson 1760
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Ashmole 1963 | |||||||||
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= Puffinus lherminieri
Lesson 1839
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Olson 1975 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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Ashmole 1963 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Sula sula
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Ashmole 1963 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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Fregata ariel
(Gray 1845)
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Ashmole 1963 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Aphanocrex podarces
Wetmore 1963
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Ashmole 1963 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Dermaptera
- Labiduridae
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Labidura loveridgei n. sp.
Zeuner 1962
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Labidura herculeana | ||||||||||
| BMNH In.59781 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Saint Helena |
| Coordinates: | 15.9° South, 5.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.9° South, 5.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Likely deposited within the last thousand years (Lewis, 2008) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | B.O.U. Centenary Expedition | Collection dates: | 1959 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 155782 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-05-01 14:16:08 | Last modified: | 2018-06-17 17:52:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-01 14:16:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50969. | F. E. Zeuner. 1962. A subfossil giant dermapteron from St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 138:651-653 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 65979 | N. P. Ashmole. 1963. The extinct avifauna of St. Helena Island. Ibis 103b:390-408 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 57791 | S. L. Olson. 1975. Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23:1-49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |