Seabird Crevice, Layer II,4, Tinian: Holocene, Northern Mariana Islands
collected by D.W. Steadman, C.C. Bodner, S.R. Derrickson, J.D. Groves, D.S. Lee 1994
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Emballonura semicaudata
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Squamata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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77 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Apodidae
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Collocalia vanikorensis
(Quoy and Gaimard 1830)
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10 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Aerodramus vanikorensis | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Porzana sp.
Vieillot 1816
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gallirallus sp.
Lafresnaye 1841
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
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Passeriformes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus exulans
(Peale 1848)
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54 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Coordinates: | 15.0° North, 145.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.0° North, 145.7° East |
| 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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The two sediment Layers at Seabird Crevice are loose, rubbly, poorly stratified, and poorly differentiated from each other. The surface and Layer I at Seabird Crevice contained historic materials from World War II (gas mask parts, rusted iron, glass, ammunition, unexploded grenade). Seabird Crevice yielded no pottery or other evidence of prehistoric human occupation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | D.W. Steadman, C.C. Bodner, S.R. Derrickson, J.D. Groves, D.S. Lee | Collection dates: | 1994 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194633 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-23 23:25:00 | Last modified: | 2018-06-23 23:25:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-23 23:25:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66133. | D. W. Steadman. 1999. The prehistory of vertebrates, especially birds, on Tinian, Aguiguan, and Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesica 31:319-345 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |