Henderson Island, site 8: Holocene, Pitcairn

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Gygis alba (Sparman 1786)
221 specimens
Anous spp.
10 specimens
Procelsterna cerulea (Bennett 1840)
2 specimens
recombined as Anous ceruleus
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Prosobonia informal n. sp.
1 specimen
Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin 1789)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783
82 specimens
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Gallicolumba informal n. sp.
3 specimens
    = Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy and Wragg 2003
Worthy and Wragg 2003
Ptilinopus insularis North 1908
41 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porzana atra North 1908
11 specimens
recombined as Zapornia atra
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877
1 specimen
Pterodroma spp.
917 specimens
Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild 1893)
4 specimens
Reptilia - Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata minor (Gmelin 1789)
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]