Where: Niue (19.1° S, 169.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 169.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• The only site where a prehuman fauna was certainly obtained as shown by conventional radiocarbon dates (NZA 5884, 4523 +/- 92 yrs BP; NZA 5885, 3447 +/- 75 yrs BP), and lack of Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans) in the deposit
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy, R. Walter, and A. J. Anderson. 1998. Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean. Notornis 45:177-190 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 193850: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Nycticorax kalavikai n. sp.
Nycticorax kalavikai n. sp. Steadman et al. 2000 Niue night heron | |
Ducula sp. Hodgson 1836 imperial pigeon | |
Gallirallus huiatua n. sp., "Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis
Gallirallus huiatua n. sp. Steadman et al. 2000 rail
"Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis Gmelin 1789 spotless crake | |
Megapodius pritchardii Gray 1864 Niuafoou scrubfowl | |
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken |