Railhunter Rockshelter, Layer IIB, 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
unclassified
Emballonura semicaudata
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Pteropus sp. Brisson 1762
1 specimen
Reptilia
Squamata indet. (Oppel 1811)
22 specimens
Serpentes indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis fulva (Gmelin 1789)
3 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Sterna sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Gygis candida (Gmelin 1789)
4 specimens
recombined as Gygis alba candida
Gygis microrhyncha Saunders 1876
2 specimens
recombined as Gygis alba microrhyncha
Anous minutus Boie 1844
2 specimens
Anous stolidus (Linnaeus 1758)
3 specimens
Procelsterna cerulea (Bennett 1840)
1 specimen
recombined as Anous ceruleus
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Aplonis opaca (Kittlitz 1833)
7 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Meliphagidae
Myzomela rubrata (Lesson 1827)
1 specimen
recombined as Myzomela rubratra
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus luscinia (Quoy and Gaimard 1830)
3 specimens
recombined as Acrocephalus luscinius
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Gallicolumba xanthonura (Temminck 1823)
16 specimens
recombined as Alopecoenas xanthonurus
Ptilinopus roseicapilla (Lesson 1831)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825
3 specimens
Gallirallus sp. Lafresnaye 1841
82 specimens
Porzana sp. Vieillot 1816
92 specimens
Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot 1819)
4 specimens
recombined as Amaurornis cinerea
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:2200 ± 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:194627
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-23 22:50:12 Last modified:2018-06-23 23:14:30
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-23 22:50:12
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]