Site 2, Allok Island: Holocene, Marshall Islands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Scaridae
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Scaridae indet.
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| 21 as Scarus/Hipposcarus | ||||||||||
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Cetoscarus bicolor
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hipposcarus longiceps
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Scarus gibbus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Acanthuridae
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Acanthuridae indet.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Naso sp.
Lacépède 1802
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Ostraciidae
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Ostraciidae indet.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Laridae indet.
Vigors 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Marshall Islands |
| Coordinates: | 11.3° North, 169.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.3° North, 169.8° East |
| 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: | 510 ± 70 to 460 ± 60 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
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: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194996 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-10 22:44:28 | Last modified: | 2018-07-10 22:44:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-10 22:44:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66290. | M. I. Weisler. 2001. Life on the edge: prehistoric settlement and economy on Utrōk Atoll, northern Marshall Islands. Archaeology in Oceania 36:109-133 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |