Site WF-U-MU 21A, bed VIa, Utuleve, Uvea: Holocene, Wallis and Futuna

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ducula david n. sp. Balouet and Olson 1987
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Wallis and Futuna
Coordinates: 13.3° South, 176.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.3° South, 176.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Database number:193795
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-06-05 23:33:05 Last modified:2018-06-05 23:42:38
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-05 23:33:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

65834. J. C. Balouet and S. L. Olson. 1987. A new extinct species of giant pigeon (Columbidae: Ducula) from archeological deposits on Wallis (Uvea) Island, South Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:769-775 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]