Henderson Island, site 11: Holocene, Pitcairn

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Gygis alba (Sparman 1786)
353 specimens
Anous spp.
65 specimens
Procelsterna cerulea (Bennett 1840)
1 specimen
recombined as Anous ceruleus
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Gallinago sp. Brisson 1760
13 specimens
Prosobonia informal n. sp.
2 specimens
One tarsometatarsus belongs to Zapornia atra (De Pietri et al., 2021)
    = Prosobonia sauli De Pietri et al. 2020
De Pietri et al. 2021
Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin 1789)
8 specimens
Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783
48 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus taiti Ogilvie-Grant 1913
1 specimen
Acrocephalus vaughani taiti
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy and Wragg 2003
Worthy and Wragg 2003
Ducula informal n. sp.
1 specimen
    = Ducula harrisoni Wragg and Worthy 2006
Wragg and Worthy 2006
Ptilinopus insularis North 1908
19 specimens
Bountyphaps obsoleta Worthy and Wragg 2008
Worthy and Wragg 2008
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
1 specimen
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porzana atra North 1908
120 specimens
recombined as Zapornia atra
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877
24 specimens
Pterodroma spp.
320 specimens
Reptilia - Hydrobatidae
Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin 1789)
18 specimens
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831
2 specimens
Reptilia - Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata minor (Gmelin 1789)
16 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:193790
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-05 22:39:44 Last modified:2018-06-05 22:39:44
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-05 22:39:44
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]