Faleloa site, Foa, Ha'apai Group: Holocene, Tonga
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Charadriidae
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Pluvialis dominica
(Mueller 1776)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Gygis candida
(Gmelin 1789)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Gygis alba candida | ||||||||||
Anous minutus
Boie 1844
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Anous stolidus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Numenius tahitiensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Heteroscelus incanus
(Gmelin 1789)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Tringa incana | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Phaethontiformes
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon lepturus
Daudin 1802
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sturnidae
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Aplonis tabuensis
(Gmelin 1788)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 22 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Monarchidae
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cf. Clytorhynchus vitiensis
(Hartlaub 1866)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Meliphagidae
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Foulehaio carunculata
(Gmelin 1788)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Foulehaio carunculatus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Campephagidae
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Lalage maculosa
(Peale 1848)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Ducula sp.
Hodgson 1836
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Ducula pacifica
(Gmelin 1789)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Ducula david
Balouet and Olson 1987
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Ducula latrans
(Peale 1848)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Ptilinopus sp.
Swainson 1825
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Ptilinopus porphyraceus
(Temminck 1821)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Ptilinopus perousii
Peale 1848
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Psittaculidae
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Prosopeia tabuensis
(Gmelin 1788)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Coraciiformes
- Alcedinidae
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Halcyon chloris
(Boddaert 1783)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Todiramphus chloris | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Gallirallus philippensis
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 35 specimens | ||||||||
Count from Kirchman & Steadman, 2005 | ||||||||||
Porphyrio porphyrio
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anas superciliosa
Gmelin 1789
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus pacificus
(Gmelin 1789)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 54 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Ardenna pacifica | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Megapodiidae
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Megapodius alimentum
Steadman 1989
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Megapodius molistructor
Balouet and Olson 1989
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Megapodius pritchardii
Gray 1864
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Gallus gallus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Steadman et al. 2002 | 140 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Tonga |
Coordinates: | 19.7° South, 174.3° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.7° South, 174.3° West |
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: | 2800 ± 100 YBP (other) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
Database number: | 194751 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-06-28 22:15:43 | Last modified: | 2018-06-28 22:50:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-28 22:15:43 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
66189. | J. J. Kirchman and D. W. Steadman. 2005. Rails (Aves: Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric sites in the Kingdom of Tonga, including a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118:465-477 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
66190 | D. W. Steadman, A. Plourde, and D. V. Burley. 2002. Prehistoric butchery and consumption of birds in the Kingdom of Tonga, south Pacific. Journal of Archaeological Science 29:571-584 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |