Sandy Bay Site B: Holocene, Saint Helena
collected by S.L. Olson 1971
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma rupinarum
Olson 1975
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Puffinus lherminieri
Lesson 1839
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Saint Helena |
| Coordinates: | 16.0° South, 5.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.0° South, 5.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified 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: | 176074 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-26 17:18:29 | Last modified: | 2018-06-17 17:46:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-26 17:18:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |