Where: Efate, Vanuatu (17.8° S, 168.4° E: paleocoordinates 17.8° S, 168.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Australian Museum
Primary reference: A. W. White, T. H. Worthy, S. Hawkins, S. Bedford, and M. Spriggs. 2010. Megafaunal meiolaniid horned turtles survived until early human settlement in Vanuatu, Southwest Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:1-5 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185434: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 23.04.2017, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Columbidae "indet. C. vitiensis"2, Columbidae "indet. D. placopedetes"2, Columbidae "indet. C. indica"2, Columbidae "indet. magn. D. pacifica"2, Columbidae "indet. magn. D. goliath"2, Columbidae "indet. P. greyi"2, Columbidae indet.2, Columba vitiensis2, Chalcophaps indica2, Ducula cf. goliath2, Ducula pacifica2, Ducula cf. pacifica2, Alopecoenas sp.2, Ptilinopus cf. greyi2, Didunculus placopedetes2, Macropygia ? mackinlayi2
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"Tyto delicatula" = Tyto alba delicatula2
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Rallidae "indet. P. melanotus"2, Rallidae "indet. large"2, "Hypotaenidia philippensis" = Gallirallus philippensis2, Porphyrio melanotus2, "Porzana tabuensis" = Zapornia tabuensis2
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