Railhunter Rockshelter, Layer IIA, Tinian: Holocene, Northern Mariana Islands
collected by D.W. Steadman, C.C. Bodner, S.R. Derrickson, J.D. Groves, D.S. Lee 1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Pteropus sp. Brisson 1762
11 specimens
Reptilia
Squamata indet. (Oppel 1811)
28 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin 1789)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Gygis candida (Gmelin 1789)
11 specimens
recombined as Gygis alba candida
Anous minutus Boie 1844
1 specimen
Anous stolidus (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Procelsterna cerulea (Bennett 1840)
2 specimens
recombined as Anous ceruleus
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
6 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Aplonis opaca (Kittlitz 1833)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Zosteropidae
Zosterops conspicillatus (Kittlitz 1833)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
cf. Ducula oceanica (Desmarest 1826)
1 specimen
Gallicolumba xanthonura (Temminck 1823)
14 specimens
recombined as Alopecoenas xanthonurus
Ptilinopus roseicapilla (Lesson 1831)
3 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825
3 specimens
Gallirallus sp. Lafresnaye 1841
49 specimens
Porzana sp. Vieillot 1816
33 specimens
Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot 1819)
3 specimens
recombined as Amaurornis cinerea
Reptilia - Megapodiidae
Megapodius laperouse Gaimard 1823
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Northern Mariana Islands
Coordinates: 15.0° North, 145.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.0° North, 145.7° 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
Age estimate:2110 ± 60 YBP (14C)
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:D.W. Steadman, C.C. Bodner, S.R. Derrickson, J.D. Groves, D.S. Lee Collection dates:1994
Metadata
Also known as:Site 131
Database number:194626
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-23 22:33:07 Last modified:2018-06-23 23:14:19
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-23 22:33:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]