Henderson Island, site 8: Holocene, Pitcairn
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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221 specimens | ||||||
Anous spp.
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10 specimens | ||||||
Procelsterna cerulea
(Bennett 1840)
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2 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Anous ceruleus | |||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Prosobonia informal n. sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
Numenius tahitiensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Reptilia
- Phaethontiformes
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon rubricauda
Boddaert 1783
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82 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Gallicolumba informal n. sp.
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3 specimens | ||||||
= Gallicolumba leonpascoi
Worthy and Wragg 2003
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Worthy and Wragg 2003 | ||||||
Ptilinopus insularis
North 1908
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41 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Porzana atra
North 1908
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11 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Zapornia atra | |||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus nativitatis
Streets 1877
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1 specimen | ||||||
Pterodroma spp.
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917 specimens | ||||||
Pterodroma nigripennis
(Rothschild 1893)
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4 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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Fregata minor
(Gmelin 1789)
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3 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Pitcairn |
Coordinates: | 24.3° South, 128.3° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 24.4° South, 128.3° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
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: | 193788 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-06-05 22:22:17 | Last modified: | 2018-06-05 22:22:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-05 22:22:17 |
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:
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] |