Nenega-Iti Site AGA-3, layer IV2: Holocene, French Polynesia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Procellariidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Pterodroma cf. heraldica
(Salvin 1888)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pterodroma magn. P. heraldica | ||||||||||
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Puffinus nativitatis
Streets 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pseudobulweria sp.
Mathews 1936
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | French Polynesia |
| Coordinates: | 23.2° South, 135.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.2° South, 135.0° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Deposited circa 1260-1290 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: | 198016 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-12-06 23:52:55 | Last modified: | 2018-12-06 23:52:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-12-06 23:52:55 |
| 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] |