West Mouth, Niah Cave (72 inches): Late Pleistocene, Malaysia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Accipitridae
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Ictinaetus malayensis
(Temminck 1822)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Machieramphus alcinus
(Bonaparte 1850)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Accipiter cf. trivigatus
(Temminck 1824)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Coordinates: | 3.8° North, 113.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.8° North, 113.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 36470 ± 250 YBP (14C) |
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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195004 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-11 00:03:54 | Last modified: | 2018-07-11 00:03:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-11 00:03:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66292. | C. M. Stimpson. 2009. Raptor and owl bone from Niah Caves, Sarawak: identifications and morphological variation in the humerus and tarsometatarsus of selected raptors. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 19:476-490 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |