Pindai Cave B (The Pocket and The Crawl): Holocene, New Caledonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
Reptilia - Megapodiidae
Megapodius molistructor Balouet and Olson 1989
Reptilia - Eurypygiformes - Rhynochetidae
Rhynochetos sp. Verreaux and des Murs 1860
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
cf. Caloenas canacorum Balouet and Olson 1989
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto letocarti Balouet and Olson 1989
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet and Olson 1989
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck 1820
Porzana tabuensis (Gmelin 1789)
Tricholimnas lafresnayanus (Verreaux and des Murs 1860)
Reptilia - Sylviornithidae
Sylviornis neocaledoniae Poplin 1980
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas gracilis Buller 1869
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Collocalia spp. Gray 1840
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Aegothelidae
Aegotheles savesi Layard and Layard 1881
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter efficax Balouet and Olson 1989
Reptilia
Mekosuchus inexpectatus Balouet and Buffetaut 1987
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Pteropus cf. vetulus
Pteropus sp. Brisson 1762
Notopteris neocaledonica
see common names

Geography
Country:New Caledonia
Coordinates: 21.4° South, 165.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.0117 - 0 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
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Database number:193988
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-09 18:16:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-09 18:16:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
65889. A. Anderson, C. Sand, F. Petchey and T. H. Wright. 2010. Faunal extinction and human habitation in New Caledonia: initial results and implications of new research at the Pindai Caves. Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1:89-109 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

65888 T. H. Worthy, M. Mitri, W. D. Handley, M. S. Y. Lee, A. Anderson and C. Sand. 2016. Osteology supports a stem-galliform affinity for the giant extinct flightless bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres). PLoS One 11(3):e0150871 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]