Nenega-Iti Site AGA-3, layer IV3: Holocene, French Polynesia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Procellariidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Pterodroma cf. heraldica
(Salvin 1888)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Pterodroma magn. P. heraldica | ||||||||||
Puffinus sp.
Brisson 1760
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pseudobulweria sp.
Mathews 1936
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Ardenna pacifica
(Gmelin 1789)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Gallus gallus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Phaethontiformes
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon lepturus
Daudin 1802
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5 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: | 198017 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-12-06 23:55:12 | Last modified: | 2018-12-06 23:55:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-12-06 23:55:12 |
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] |