Sugarloaf Hill, site 1: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Saint Helena
collected by S.L. Olson 1971

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Oceanitidae
Pelagodroma marina (Latham 1790)
Olson 1975 313 specimens
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Bulweria bifax n. sp. Olson 1975
Olson 1975 240 specimens
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839
Olson 1975 68 specimens
Puffinus pacificoides n. sp. Olson 1975
Olson 1975 73 specimens
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin 1789)
Olson 1975 2 specimens
recombined as Ardenna grisea
Pterodroma rupinarum n. sp. Olson 1975
Olson 1975 182 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Atlantisia podarces (Wetmore 1963)
3 specimens
original and current combination Aphanocrex podarces
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos n. gen., n. sp. Olson 1975
Olson 1975 11 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Sterna fuscata Linnaeus 1766
Olson 1975 1 specimen
recombined as Onychoprion fuscatus
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:estimated from map
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
Stratigraphy comments: Radiocarbon dated to late Pleistocene by Lewis (2008).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified calcareous sandstone
Environment:eolian indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:S.L. Olson Collection dates:1971
Metadata
Database number:176071
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-26 16:58:51 Last modified:2018-06-17 15:15:31
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-26 16:58:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
65981. S. L. Olson. 1973. Evolution of the rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 152:1-53 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

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]