Where: Papua New Guinea (2.8° S, 151.2° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° S, 151.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Panakiwuk was first occupied at 15,000–14,000 B.P. [approximate age, based on calibrated radiocarbon (14C) dates], but occupation seems to have been sporadic. The major archaeological deposits date from 10,000 B.P. to 8,000 B.P. The site was abandoned for most of the Holocene epoch, with minor reoccupation after 1,600 B.P.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, J. P. White, and J. Allen. 1999. Prehistoric birds from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: extinctions on a large Melanesian island. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96:2563-2568 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 194693: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Megapodius "n. sp." Gaimard 1823 scrubfowl | |
Rallidae "indet. 1", Rallidae "indet. 2", Gallirallus "n. sp.", Gallirallus cf. philippensis, Porphyrio "n. sp.", "Amaurornis olivaceus" = Amaurornis olivacea, "Poliolimnas cinereus" = Amaurornis cinerea
Gallirallus "n. sp." Lafresnaye 1841 rail
Gallirallus cf. philippensis Linnaeus 1766 buff-banded rail
Porphyrio "n. sp." Brisson 1760 rail
"Amaurornis olivaceus" = Amaurornis olivacea Meyen 1834 plain bush-hen
"Poliolimnas cinereus" = Amaurornis cinerea Vieillot 1819 white-browed crake | |
Cacomantis variolosus Vigors and Horsfield 1827 brush cuckoo | |
Lorius sp. Vigors 1825 lory
Loriinae indet. Selby 1836 parrot | |
Columbidae "indet. small", Columbidae "indet. medium/large", Chalcophaps stephani, Macropygia amboinensis, "Gallicolumba jobiensis" = Alopecoenas jobiensis, Ptilinopus sp., Ptilinopus rivoli
Columbidae "indet. small" Illiger 1811 dove
Columbidae "indet. medium/large" Illiger 1811 dove
Chalcophaps stephani Pucheran 1853 Stephan's dove
Macropygia amboinensis Linnaeus 1766 Amboyna cuckoo-dove
"Gallicolumba jobiensis" = Alopecoenas jobiensis Meyer 1875 white-bibbed ground-dove
Ptilinopus sp. Swainson 1825 fruit dove
Ptilinopus rivoli Prévost 1843 white-breasted fruit-dove | |
Passeriformes "indet. 3", Passeriformes "indet. 4", Passeriformes "indet. 5", Passeriformes "idet. 6"
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Collocalia esculenta Linnaeus 1758 glossy swiftlet |