Trench EB97:22, Emily Bay: Holocene, Norfolk Island

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin 1789)
3 specimens
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter cf. fasciatus (Vigors and Horsfield 1827)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Hemiphaga spadicea (Latham 1801)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallirallus informal Norfolk sp.
1 specimen
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825
42 specimens
Pterodroma pycrofti Falla 1933
17 specimens
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Norfolk Island
Coordinates: 29.1° South, 168.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° South, 168.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Polynesian archaeological site
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:194565
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-21 20:46:23 Last modified:2018-06-21 20:46:23
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-21 20:46:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66082. R. N. Holdaway and A. Anderson. 2001. Avifauna from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norfolk Island: a preliminary account. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 27:85-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]