Henderson Island, site 6: Holocene, Pitcairn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Phaethontiformes
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon rubricauda
Boddaert 1783
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63 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Charadriidae
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Pluvialis fulva
(Gmelin 1789)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Gygis alba
(Sparman 1786)
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162 specimens | |||||||||
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Anous spp.
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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Procelsterna cerulea
(Bennett 1840)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Anous ceruleus | ||||||||||
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Sterna fuscata
Linnaeus 1766
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Onychoprion fuscatus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Numenius tahitiensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Prosobonia informal n. sp.
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34 specimens | |||||||||
| One destroyed for DNA sampling (of original 35, one belongs to Zapornia atra; De Pietri et al., 2021) | ||||||||||
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= Prosobonia sauli n. sp.
De Pietri et al. 2020
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De Pietri et al. 2021 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Hirundinidae
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Hirundo tahitica
Gmelin 1789
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51 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Acrocephalidae
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Acrocephalus taiti
Ogilvie-Grant 1913
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Acrocephalus vaughani taiti | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Porzana atra
North 1908
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Zapornia atra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittaculidae
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Vini stepheni
(North 1908)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Ptilinopus insularis
North 1908
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Gallicolumba informal n. sp.
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48 specimens | |||||||||
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= Gallicolumba leonpascoi
Worthy and Wragg 2003
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Worthy and Wragg 2003 | |||||||||
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Ducula informal n. sp.
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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= Ducula harrisoni
Wragg and Worthy 2006
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Wragg and Worthy 2006 | |||||||||
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Columbidae informal n. gen.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Bountyphaps obsoleta
Worthy and Wragg 2008
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Worthy and Wragg 2008 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Cuculiformes
- Cuculidae
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Eudynamys taitensis
(Sparrman 1787)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Urodynamis taitensis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus spp.
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Puffinus nativitatis
Streets 1877
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Pterodroma spp.
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545 specimens | |||||||||
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Pterodroma nigripennis
(Rothschild 1893)
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163 specimens | |||||||||
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Puffinus pacificus
(Gmelin 1789)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ardenna pacifica | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hydrobatidae
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Nesofregetta fuliginosa
(Gmelin 1789)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Sula dactylatra
Lesson 1831
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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Fregata minor
(Gmelin 1789)
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22 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pitcairn |
| Coordinates: | 24.3° South, 128.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.3° South, 128.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 193786 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-05 22:03:28 | Last modified: | 2018-06-05 22:03:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-05 22:03:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65816. | G. M. Wragg. 1995. The fossil birds of Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group: natural turnover and human impact, a synopsis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56:405-414 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 77652 | V. L. De Pietri, T. H. Worthy, R. P. Scofield, T. L. Cole, J. R. Wood, K. J. Mitchell, A. Cibois, J. J. F. J. Jansen, A. J. Cooper, S. H. Feng, W. J. Chen, A. J. D. Tennyson, and G. M. Wragg. 2021. A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192:1045-1070 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 65832 | T. H. Worthy and G. M. Wragg. 2003. A new species of Gallicolumba: Columbidae from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33:769-793 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 65831 | T. H. Worthy and G. M. Wragg. 2008. A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. In G. Clark, F. Leach, S. O'Connor (eds.), Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, Seafaring and the Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes 499-510 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 65833 | G. M. Wragg and T. H. Worthy. 2006. A new species of extinct imperial pigeon (Ducula: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. Historical Biology 18:131-144 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |