Site 5, Aon 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 194999: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Aves
 Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata sp. Lacépède 1799 frigatebird
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula spp. Brisson 1760 booby
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull
Sterninae indet. Bonaparte 1838 tern
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Chelonioidea indet. Baur 1893 sea turtle
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus exulans Peale 1848 rat
Actinopteri
 Cirrhitiformes - Cirrhitidae
 Labriformes - Scaridae
Scaridae indet.
Includes 96 Scarus/Hipposcarus
Scarinae indet. Rafinesque 1810
Scarus spp. Gronovius 1763
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranidae indet. Swainson 1839 perch-like fish
 Spariformes - Lethrinidae
 Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae
Naso sp. Lacépède 1802
 Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
 Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
 Acanthomorphata - Siganidae
 Beloniformes - Exocoetidae
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Carangidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Holocentridae indet. Richardson 1846
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes -
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray