Onemea Site TAR-6, test pit 2, layer II: Holocene, French Polynesia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Gygis alba
(Sparman 1786)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Gygis alba
(Sparman 1786)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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cf. Pseudobulweria sp.
Mathews 1936
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Pterodroma spp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pterodroma neglecta/ultima | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | French Polynesia |
| Coordinates: | 23.2° South, 135.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.1° South, 135.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 840 ± 40 to 590 ± 40 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Deposited circa 1300-1450 calendar AD | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194672 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-25 22:39:06 | Last modified: | 2018-12-06 23:19:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-25 22:39:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66152. | T. W. Worthy and A. J. D. Tennyson. 2004. Avifaunal assemblages from Nenega-iti and Onemea. In E. Conte, P. V. Kirch (eds.), Archaeological Investigations in the Mangareva Islands (Gambier Archipelago), French Polynesia 122-127 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 67506 | S. Rigal, P. V. Kirch, and T. H. Worthy. 2018. New prehistoric avifaunas from the Gambier Group, French Polynesia. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(3.4A):1-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |