Faleloa site, Foa, Ha'apai Group: Holocene, Tonga

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis dominica (Mueller 1776)
Steadman et al. 2002 7 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Gygis candida (Gmelin 1789)
Steadman et al. 2002 1 specimen
recombined as Gygis alba candida
Anous minutus Boie 1844
Steadman et al. 2002 3 specimens
Anous stolidus (Linnaeus 1758)
Steadman et al. 2002 2 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin 1789)
Steadman et al. 2002 1 specimen
Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin 1789)
Steadman et al. 2002 1 specimen
recombined as Tringa incana
Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802
Steadman et al. 2002 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Aplonis tabuensis (Gmelin 1788)
Steadman et al. 2002 22 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Monarchidae
cf. Clytorhynchus vitiensis (Hartlaub 1866)
Steadman et al. 2002 3 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Meliphagidae
Foulehaio carunculata (Gmelin 1788)
Steadman et al. 2002 4 specimens
recombined as Foulehaio carunculatus
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Campephagidae
Lalage maculosa (Peale 1848)
Steadman et al. 2002 1 specimen
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ducula sp. Hodgson 1836
Steadman et al. 2002 4 specimens
Ducula pacifica (Gmelin 1789)
Steadman et al. 2002 2 specimens
Ducula david Balouet and Olson 1987
Steadman et al. 2002 2 specimens
Ducula latrans (Peale 1848)
Steadman et al. 2002 4 specimens
Ptilinopus sp. Swainson 1825
Steadman et al. 2002 2 specimens
Ptilinopus porphyraceus (Temminck 1821)
Steadman et al. 2002 4 specimens
Ptilinopus perousii Peale 1848
Steadman et al. 2002 2 specimens
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Prosopeia tabuensis (Gmelin 1788)
Steadman et al. 2002 1 specimen
Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae
Halcyon chloris (Boddaert 1783)
Steadman et al. 2002 8 specimens
recombined as Todiramphus chloris
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Steadman et al. 2002 2 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallirallus philippensis (Linnaeus 1766)
Steadman et al. 2002 35 specimens
Count from Kirchman & Steadman, 2005
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus 1758)
Steadman et al. 2002 21 specimens
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas superciliosa Gmelin 1789
Steadman et al. 2002 4 specimens
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin 1789)
Steadman et al. 2002 54 specimens
recombined as Ardenna pacifica
Reptilia - Megapodiidae
Megapodius alimentum Steadman 1989
Steadman et al. 2002 6 specimens
Megapodius molistructor Balouet and Olson 1989
Steadman et al. 2002 1 specimen
Megapodius pritchardii Gray 1864
Steadman et al. 2002 1 specimen
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus (Linnaeus 1758)
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]