Sinapupu locality, zone B2, 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)

• Sinapupu 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 209063: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Galliformes - Megapodiidae
Megapodius freycinet Gaimard 1823 dusky scrubfowl
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ducula pacifica Gmelin 1789 Pacific imperial-pigeon
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrio porphyrio Linnaeus 1758 western swamphen