Naigani Island, site VL21/5: Holocene, Fiji

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Sylviornithidae
Megavitiornis altirostris Worthy 2000
Reptilia - Testudines
? Meiolania damelipi White et al. 2010
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]