Gilles cave, upper layer: Holocene, New Caledonia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Tricholimnas lafresnayanus
(Verreaux and des Murs 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Gallirallus lafresnayanus | ||||||||||
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Gallirallus philippensis
(Linnaeus 1766)
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81 specimens | |||||||||
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Porzana tabuensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Zapornia tabuensis | ||||||||||
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Porphyrio kukwiedei
Balouet and Olson 1989
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Ninox cf. novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin 1788)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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186 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Coraciiformes
- Alcedinidae
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Halcyon sancta
(Vigors and Horsfield 1827)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Todiramphus sanctus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Columba vitiensis
Quoy and Gaimard 1830
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Chalcophaps indica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Ducula goliath
(Gray 1859)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Sylviornithidae
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Sylviornis neocaledoniae
Poplin 1980
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Turnicidae
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Turnix varia
(Lathum 1802)
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84 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Turnix varius | ||||||||||
| ssp. novaecaledoniae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Charadriidae
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Charadrius mongolus
Pallas 1776
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Pluvialis dominica
(Mueller 1776)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Caledonia |
| Coordinates: | 21.9° South, 166.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.9° South, 166.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: In the upper level, bones of rats were abundant and occurred to a depth of 1.3 m. These rodents are commensals of man and the deposits containing them must be assumed to postdate human occupation of the island. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,coprolite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
| Database number: | 193985 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-09 16:35:08 | Last modified: | 2018-06-09 16:35:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-09 16:35:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65887. | J. C. Balouet and S. L. Olson. 1989. Fossil birds from late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 469:1-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |