Hopoate: Holocene, Tonga

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck 1820
Reptilia - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Cacomantis flabelliformis (Latham 1801)
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811
Didunculus placopedetes Steadman 2006
Ptilinopus perousii Peale 1848
Ducula pacifica (Gmelin 1789)
Ducula shutleri Worthy and Burley 2019
Alopecoenas stairi (Gray 1856)
Reptilia - Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Vini sp. Lesson 1833
Eclectus infectus Steadman 2006
Reptilia
Galliformes indet. (Temminck 1820)
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Gallus gallus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Megapodiidae
Megapodiidae indet. (Lesson 1831)
Megapodius sp. Gaimard 1823
Megapodius alimentum Steadman 1989
Megapodius pritchardii Gray 1864
see common names

Geography
Country:Tonga State/province:Vava'u
Coordinates: 21.2° South, 175.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.2° South, 175.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:208867
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-04-14 15:57:17 Last modified:2020-04-14 15:57:55
Access level:the public Released:2020-04-14 15:57:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
72087. T. H. Worthy and D. V. Burley. 2019. Prehistoric avifaunas from the Kingdom of Tonga. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189:998-1045 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]