Deposits south of South Gannet Hill, site 2, 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
Rallus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Atlantisia elpenor Olson 1973
Olson 1973
recombined as Mundia elpenor
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula sula (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata aquila (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Hydrobatidae
Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt 1861)
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Sterna fuscata Linnaeus 1766
recombined as Onychoprion fuscatus
cf. Gygis alba (Sparman 1786)
see common names

Geography
Country:Saint Helena
Coordinates: 8.0° South, 14.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.0° 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:194226
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-17 13:27:30 Last modified:2018-06-17 15:06:17
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-17 13:27:30
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]