Prosperous Bay (Olson collection): 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
- Phaethontiformes
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon aethereus
Linnaeus 1758
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Olson 1975 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Atlantisia podarces
(Wetmore 1963)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Aphanocrex podarces | ||||||||||
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Porzana astrictocarpus n. sp.
Olson 1973
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Sula dactylatra
Lesson 1831
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Olson 1975 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
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Sula sula
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Olson 1975 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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Fregata minor
(Gmelin 1789)
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Olson 1975 | 48 specimens | ||||||||
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Fregata ariel
(Gray 1845)
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Olson 1975 | 899 specimens | ||||||||
| supspecies trinitatis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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Olson 1975 | 163 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hydrobatidae
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Oceanodroma castro
(Harcourt 1861)
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Olson 1975 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus lherminieri
Lesson 1839
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Olson 1975 | 848 specimens | ||||||||
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Pterodroma rupinarum
Olson 1975
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Olson 1975 | 93 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Sterna fuscata
Linnaeus 1766
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Olson 1975 | 201 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Onychoprion fuscatus | ||||||||||
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Gygis alba
(Sparman 1786)
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Olson 1975 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Charadriidae
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Charadrius sanctaehelenae
(Harting 1873)
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Olson 1975 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Saint Helena |
| Coordinates: | 15.9° South, 5.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.9° 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
| 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: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | S.L. Olson | Collection dates: | 1971 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176075 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-26 17:21:11 | Last modified: | 2018-06-17 17:52:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-26 17:21:11 |
| 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] |