Site 1, Utrok Island (Holocene of Marshall Islands)

Where: Marshall Islands (11.2° N, 169.8° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 169.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: M. I. Weisler. 2001. Life on the edge: prehistoric settlement and economy on Utrōk Atoll, northern Marshall Islands. Archaeology in Oceania 36:109-133 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 194995: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Elasmobranchii -
Elasmobranchii indet.
Elasmobranchii indet. Bonaparte 1838 elasmobranch
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinidae indet.
Carcharhinidae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1896 requiem shark
Actinopteri
 Syngnathiformes - Mullidae
Mullidae indet.
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scombridae indet.
Scombridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
 Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae
Acanthuridae indet., Naso sp.
Naso sp. Lacépède 1802
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet., cf. Coris sp.
Labridae indet. Cuvier 1816
cf. Coris sp. Lacepéde 1801
 Labriformes - Scaridae
Scaridae indet., Calotomus sp., Scarinae indet., Cetoscarus bicolor, Hipposcarus longiceps, Scarus spp., Scarus gibbus, Scarus oviceps
Scaridae indet.
915 as Scarus/Hipposcarus
Calotomus sp. Gilbert 1890
Scarinae indet. Rafinesque 1810
Scarus spp. Gronovius 1763
 Spariformes - Lethrinidae
Lethrinidae indet., Monotaxis grandoculus
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranidae indet.
Serranidae indet. Swainson 1839 perch-like fish
 Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Balistidae indet.
 Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae
Ostraciidae indet.
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodontidae indet.
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Tetraodontidae indet.
 Acanthomorphata - Lutjanidae
Lutjanidae indet.
 Acanthomorphata - Siganidae
Siganidae indet.
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Bothidae indet.
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Carangidae indet.
Carangidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
 Beloniformes - Belonidae
Belonidae indet.
 Beloniformes - Exocoetidae
Exocoetidae indet.
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Holocentridae indet.
Holocentridae indet. Richardson 1846
 Teleostei -
Anguilliformes indet.
Anguilliformes indet. Greenwood et al. 1966 eel
 Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Muraenidae indet.
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Chelonioidea indet.
Chelonioidea indet. Baur 1893 sea turtle
Aves
 Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon sp., Phaethon rubricauda
Phaethon sp. Linnaeus 1758 tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Procellariidae indet., Puffinus sp.
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Egretta sacra
Egretta sacra Gmelin 1789 Pacific reef-heron
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula spp.
Sula spp. Brisson 1760 booby
 Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata sp.
Fregata sp. Lacépède 1799 frigatebird
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Heteroscelus incanus" = Tringa incana
"Heteroscelus incanus" = Tringa incana Gmelin 1789 wandering tattler
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae indet.
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken
Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans
Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis familiaris
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog