Sandy Bay, Site A: Holocene, Saint Helena
collected by S.L. Olson 1971
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Gygis alba
(Sparman 1786)
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Olson 1975 | 1 specimen | |||||
Sterna fuscata
Linnaeus 1766
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Olson 1975 | 4 specimens | |||||
recombined as Onychoprion fuscatus | |||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Bulweria bifax
Olson 1975
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Olson 1975 | 9 specimens | |||||
Puffinus iherminieri
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Olson 1975 | 10 specimens | |||||
Pterodroma rupinarum
Olson 1975
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Olson 1975 | 25 specimens | |||||
Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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Olson 1975 | 26 specimens | |||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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Fregata ariel
(Gray 1845)
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Olson 1975 | 6 specimens | |||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Atlantisia podarces
(Wetmore 1963)
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8 specimens | ||||||
original and current combination Aphanocrex podarces | |||||||
Porzana astrictocarpus
Olson 1973
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10 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
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: | not reported |
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: | 176077 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-01-26 17:31:03 | Last modified: | 2018-06-17 15:18:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-26 17:31:03 |
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] |