As Matmos Cliffside Cave: Holocene, Northern Mariana Islands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Emballonura semicaudata
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Pteropodidae
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Pteropus sp.
Brisson 1762
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus exulans
(Peale 1848)
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Squamata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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234 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus cf. indicus
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Serpentes indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Megapodiidae
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Megapodius laperouse
Gaimard 1823
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
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Passeriformes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Zosteropidae
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Cleptornis marchei
(Oustalet 1889)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Zosterops conspicillatus
(Kittlitz 1833)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Meliphagidae
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Myzomela rubrata
(Lesson 1827)
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3 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Myzomela rubratra | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sturnidae
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Aplonis opaca
(Kittlitz 1833)
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18 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Estrildidae
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Erythrura informal n. sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Apodidae
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Collocalia vanikorensis
(Quoy and Gaimard 1830)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Aerodramus vanikorensis | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Porzana sp.
Vieillot 1816
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Gallicolumba xanthonura
(Temminck 1823)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Alopecoenas xanthonurus | |||||||
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Ptilinopus roseicapilla
(Lesson 1831)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gallicolumba informal n. sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus lherminieri
Lesson 1839
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Coordinates: | 14.2° North, 145.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.2° North, 145.3° 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. The sediments had been disturbed by (prehistoric?) digging and filling associated with human burials. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,bone collector |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194649 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-24 00:33:25 | Last modified: | 2018-06-24 00:33:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-24 00:33:25 |
| 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] |