Onemea Site TAR-6, layer III: Holocene, French Polynesia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Gygis alba (Sparman 1786)
44 specimens
Reptilia - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783
5 specimens
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802
3 specimens
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ducula tihonireasini Rigal et al. 2018
1 specimen
Ptilinopus sp. Swainson 1825
2 specimens
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825
5 specimens
Puffinus cf. bailloni Bonaparte 1857
14 specimens
Puffinus magn. P. bailloni
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877
23 specimens
Ardenna pacifica (Gmelin 1789)
8 specimens
Pseudobulweria sp. Mathews 1936
113 specimens
Pterodroma cf. heraldica (Salvin 1888)
20 specimens
Pterodroma magn. P. heraldica
Pterodroma cf. leucoptera (Gould 1844)
16 specimens
Pterodroma magn. P. leucoptera
Reptilia - Hydrobatidae
Nesofregetta fuliginosa (Gmelin 1789)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata minor (Gmelin 1789)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:French Polynesia
Coordinates: 23.2° South, 135.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.1° South, 135.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:1130 ± 40 to 840 ± 40 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Deposited circa 950-1250 calendar AD
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous sandstone
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:198010
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-12-06 23:41:55 Last modified:2018-12-06 23:41:55
Access level:the public Released:2018-12-06 23:41:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

67506. S. Rigal, P. V. Kirch, and T. H. Worthy. 2018. New prehistoric avifaunas from the Gambier Group, French Polynesia. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(3.4A):1-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]