Moomomi Dunes, Holocene (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Molokai County, Hawaii (21.2° N, 157.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 157.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: interdune; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. L. Olson and H. F. James. 1982. Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 365:1-59 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 110073: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.06.2011, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo solitarius Peale 1848 Hawaiian hawk
 Neornithes -
Strigiformes indet. Wagler 1830 owl
long-legged owl
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Thambetochen sp. Olson and Wetmore 1976 waterfowl
Branta sp. Scopoli 1769 goose
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow
 Ciconiiformes - Plataleidae
Apteribis glenos Olson and Wetmore 1976 spoonbill
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica, Pterodroma hypoleuca
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
Pterodroma hypoleuca Slavin 1888 Bonin petrel
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken
Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Lasiurus cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796 hairy-tailed bat
subsp. semotus
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail