Fumaroles north of Sisters Peak, Ascension: Holocene, Saint Helena
collected by B.O.U. Centenary Expedition 1957-1959
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Rallus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Atlantisia elpenor
Olson 1973
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Olson 1973 | ||||||
recombined as Mundia elpenor | |||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Sula dactylatra
Lesson 1831
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Gygis alba
(Sparman 1786)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Saint Helena |
Coordinates: | 7.9° South, 14.4° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 7.9° South, 14.4° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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: | bed |
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: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
Collectors: | B.O.U. Centenary Expedition | Collection dates: | 1957-1959 |
Metadata
Database number: | 194214 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-06-17 13:11:31 | Last modified: | 2018-06-17 15:06:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-17 13:11:31 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
65978. | N. P. Ashmole. 1963. Subfossil bird remains on Ascension Island. Ibis 103b:382-389 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
65981 | S. L. Olson. 1973. Evolution of the rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 152:1-53 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |