Henderson Island, site 10: Holocene, Pitcairn

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porzana atra North 1908
126 specimens
recombined as Zapornia atra
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Vini stepheni (North 1908)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ptilinopus insularis North 1908
54 specimens
Ducula informal n. sp.
1 specimen
    = Ducula harrisoni Wragg and Worthy 2006
Wragg and Worthy 2006
Gallicolumba informal n. sp.
44 specimens
    = Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy and Wragg 2003
Worthy and Wragg 2003
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus taiti Ogilvie-Grant 1913
5 specimens
Acrocephalus vaughani taiti
Reptilia - Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata minor (Gmelin 1789)
5 specimens
Reptilia - Hydrobatidae
Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin 1789)
9 specimens
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Pterodroma spp.
1266 specimens
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877
29 specimens
Reptilia - Diomedeidae
Diomedea epomophora Lesson 1825
3 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin 1789)
2 specimens
Prosobonia informal n. sp.
13 specimens
Only 13 specimens according to De Pietri et al. 2021
    = Prosobonia sauli De Pietri et al. 2020
De Pietri et al. 2021
Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin 1789)
1 specimen
recombined as Tringa incana
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Anous spp.
52 specimens
Gygis alba (Sparman 1786)
645 specimens
Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783
240 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
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:193789
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-05 22:26:49 Last modified:2018-06-05 22:28:52
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-05 22:26:49
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]
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]