Tangatatau Rockshelter, zone C, Mangaia: Holocene, Cook Islands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Anous stolidus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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Fregata ariel
(Gray 1845)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pterodroma nigripennis
(Rothschild 1893)
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14 specimens | ||||||
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Puffinus lherminieri
Lesson 1839
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Phaethontiformes
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon lepturus
Daudin 1802
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Gallus gallus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Cook Islands |
| Coordinates: | 21.9° South, 157.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.9° South, 157.9° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | 450 ± 70 to 420 ± 70 YBP (14C) |
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: | 194758 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-28 23:10:47 | Last modified: | 2018-06-28 23:10:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-28 23:10:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66191. | D. W. Steadman and P. V. Kirch. 1990. Prehistoric extinction of birds on Mangaia, Cook Islands, Polynesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 87:9605-9609 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |