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