Akatanui, Shelter 3, Rapa Island: Holocene, French Polynesia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Laridae
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Procelsterna cerulea
(Bennett 1840)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Anous ceruleus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Oceanitidae
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Fregetta grallaria
(Vieillot 1818)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ssp. titan | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus assimilis
Gould 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ssp. myrtae | ||||||||||
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Pterodroma neglecta
(Schlegel 1863)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phaethontidae
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Phaethon rubricauda
Boddaert 1783
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | French Polynesia |
| Coordinates: | 27.6° South, 144.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.6° South, 144.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 231181 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-08-06 00:02:30 | Last modified: | 2023-08-06 00:02:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-08-06 00:02:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85579. | A. J. D. Tennyson and A. Anderson. 2012. Bird, reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island. In A. Anderson, D. J. Kennett (eds.), Taking the High Ground: The Archaeology of Rapa, a Fortified Island in Remote East Polynesia 105-114 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |