Payapai Cave, level III: Holocene, Northern Mariana Islands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Emballonura semicaudata
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86 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Pteropodidae
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Pteropus sp.
Brisson 1762
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11 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Gekkonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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34 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Phaethontiformes
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon lepturus
Daudin 1802
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2 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Procelsterna cerulea
(Bennett 1840)
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13 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Anous ceruleus | |||||||
Reptilia
- Megapodiidae
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Megapodius laperouse
Gaimard 1823
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8 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
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Passeriformes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Steadman 1999 | 2 specimens | |||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Zosteropidae
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Zosterops conspicillatus
(Kittlitz 1833)
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Steadman 1999 | 1 specimen | |||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Meliphagidae
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Myzomela rubrata
(Lesson 1827)
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Myzomela rubratra | |||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Monarchidae
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Myiagra cf. freycineti
Oustalet 1881
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2 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sturnidae
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Aplonis opaca
(Kittlitz 1833)
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73 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Estrildidae
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Erythrura informal n. sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Apodidae
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Collocalia vanikorensis
(Quoy and Gaimard 1830)
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3 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Aerodramus vanikorensis | |||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Poliolimnas cinereus
(Vieillot 1819)
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Amaurornis cinerea | |||||||
Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Gallicolumba xanthonura
(Temminck 1823)
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8 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Alopecoenas xanthonurus | |||||||
Ptilinopus roseicapilla
(Lesson 1831)
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8 specimens | ||||||
Gallicolumba informal n. sp.
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2 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus lherminieri
Lesson 1839
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28 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Northern Mariana Islands |
Coordinates: | 14.1° North, 145.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 14.1° North, 145.2° East |
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 | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Radiocarbon dates and presence of rat bones indicate age within the last 1000 years |
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: | USNM |
Metadata
Database number: | 194624 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-06-23 20:40:21 | Last modified: | 2018-06-24 00:23:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-23 20:40:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
66132. | D. W. Steadman. 1992. Extinct and extirpated birds from Rota, Mariana Islands. Micronesica 25:71-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
66133 | D. W. Steadman. 1999. The prehistory of vertebrates, especially birds, on Tinian, Aguiguan, and Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesica 31:319-345 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |