Deposits near English Bay, 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 - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Sterninae indet. Bonaparte 1838
    = Gygis alba Sparman 1786
Olson 1977
Reptilia - Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata aquila (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula sp. Brisson 1760
    = Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831
Olson 1977
Reptilia - Hydrobatidae
Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt 1861)
Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus sp. Fischer 1803
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: phosphorite
Environment:terrestrial indet.
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:194221
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-17 13:18:50 Last modified:2018-06-17 15:05:50
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-17 13:18:50
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:

65983 S. L. Olson. 1977. Additional notes on subfossil bird remains from Ascension Island. Ibis 119:37-43 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]