Sinapupu locality, zone A3, Tikopia (Holocene of Solomon Islands)

Where: Solomon Islands (12.3° S, 168.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 168.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Tuakamali phase

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collected by P.V. Kirch in 1977-1978

• Repository: Bishop Museum

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, D. S. Pahlavan, and P. V. Kirch. 1990. Extinction, biogeography, and human exploitation of birds on Tikopia and Anuta, Polynesian outliers in the Solomon Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 30:118-153 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 209061: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Carinatae -
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrio porphyrio Linnaeus 1758 western swamphen
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ducula pacifica Gmelin 1789 Pacific imperial-pigeon
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula sp. Brisson 1760 booby
Sula sula Linnaeus 1766 red-footed booby