Where: Tonga (19.8° S, 174.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 174.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BPBM)
Primary reference: D. W. Steadman. 1989. New species and records of birds (Aves: Megapodiidae, Columbidae) from an archeological site on Lifuka, Tonga. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102:537-552 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 193980: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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Megapodius alimentum n. sp. Steadman 1989 consumed scrubfowl
Megapodius cf. molistructor Balouet and Olson 1989 pile-builder megapode | |
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Ducula sp. Hodgson 1836 imperial pigeon
Ducula cf. david Balouet and Olson 1987 Steadman's imperial-pigeon | |
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Aplonis tabuensis Gmelin 1788 Polynesian starling | |