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)
• Kiki 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 209064: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken | |
Aplonis tabuensis Gmelin 1788 Polynesian starling | |
Sula sula Linnaeus 1766 red-footed booby | |
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 Audubon's shearwater
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater | |
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy
Sterninae indet. Bonaparte 1838 tern | |
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird |