Amsterdam Island: Holocene, French Southern Territories
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hydrobatidae
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Hydrobatidae indet.
Mathews 1912
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Diomedea chlororhynchos
Gmelin 1789
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Thalassarche chlororhynchos | ||||||||||
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Diomedea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 42 specimens | ||||||||
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Diomedea amsterdamensis
Roux et al. 1983
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 80 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Oceanites sp.
Keyserling and Blasius 1840
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
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Fregetta grallaria
(Vieillot 1818)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 72 specimens | ||||||||
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Pelagodroma marina
(Latham 1790)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 1780 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Pachyptila sp.
Illiger 1811
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| Pachyptila sp. chicks | ||||||||||
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Pachyptila macgillivrayi
(Mathews 1912)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 9235 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Pachyptila salvini macgillivrayi | ||||||||||
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Pachyptila cf. desolata
(Gmelin 1789)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Pachyptila cf. turtur
(Kuhl 1820)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 57 specimens | ||||||||
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Puffinus cf. griseus
(Gmelin 1789)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Ardenna grisea | ||||||||||
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Puffinus carneipes
Gould 1844
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Ardenna carneipes | ||||||||||
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Pelecanoides urinatrix
(Gmelin 1789)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 106 specimens | ||||||||
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Procellaria cinerea
Gmelin 1789
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 980 specimens | ||||||||
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Pterodroma sp.
Bonaparte 1856
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| Pterodroma baraui/arminjoniana | ||||||||||
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Pterodroma arminjoniana
(Giglioli and Salvadori 1869)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Pterodroma baraui
(Jouanin 1964)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 263 specimens | ||||||||
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Pterodroma macroptera
(Smith 1840)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 3711 specimens | ||||||||
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Pterodroma mollis
(Gould 1844)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 4766 specimens | ||||||||
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Puffinus assimilis
Gould 1838
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 1882 specimens | ||||||||
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Pterodroma ? aterrima
(Bonaparte 1857)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Pseudobulweria aterrima | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Eudyptes chrysocome
(Forster 1781)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 281 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anas marecula n. sp.
Olson and Jouventin 1996
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44 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Galliformes
- Phasianidae
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Gallus gallus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Stercorariidae
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Catharacta skua
Brünnich 1764
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Worthy and Jouventin 1999 | 179 specimens | ||||||||
| ssp. hamiltoni | ||||||||||
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= Stercorarius antarcticus
Lesson 1831
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Clements et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| ssp. hamiltoni | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | French Southern Territories |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° South, 77.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° South, 77.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Although undated, the better-preserved of these specimens are probably no more than a few hundred years old. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194621 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-23 19:51:50 | Last modified: | 2020-05-18 00:19:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-23 19:51:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66131. | S. L. Olson and P. Jouventin. 1996. A new species of small flightless duck from Amsterdam Island, southern Indian Ocean (Anatidae: Anas). The Condor 98:1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 65172 | J. F. Clements, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 72406 | T. H. Worthy and P. Jouventin. 1999. The fossil avifauna of Amsterdam Island, Indian Ocean. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:39-66 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |