Naigani Island, site VL21/5: Holocene, Fiji
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Sylviornithidae
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Megavitiornis altirostris
Worthy 2000
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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? Meiolania damelipi
White et al. 2010
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Hawkins et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | |||||
nomen dubium belonging to Testudines | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Fiji |
Coordinates: | 17.6° South, 178.7° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 17.6° South, 178.7° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
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: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 194726 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Clapham, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-06-27 23:31:14 | Last modified: | 2018-06-27 23:31:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-27 23:31:14 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
66168. | T. H. Worthy. 2000. The fossil megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30:337-364 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
81449 | S. Hawkins, T. H. Worthy, S. Bedford, M. Spriggs, G. Clark, G. Irwin, S. Best and P. Kirch. 2016. Ancient tortoise hunting in the southwest Pacific. Scientific Reports 6(38317):1-6 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |