Fossil Birds

Extract and completed from Fossil records of avian taxa

Vini sinotoi
Steadman & Zarriello 1987
Holocene (700-1300 years old) of Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Tahuata; Marquesas Islands, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : complete tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials : Paratypes : coracoïdea, scapula, humeri, tibiotarsi, tarsometatarsi, pedal phalanx, rostrum, quadrata, mandibulae, sterna

David W. Steadman & Marie C. Zarriello,
Two new species of parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from archeological sites in the Marquesas Islands
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100 (1987): 518-528

Vini vidivici
Steadman & Zarriello 1987
Holocene (700-1300 years old) of Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Tahuata; Marquesas Islands, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : complete tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials : Paratypes: tibiotarsus, coracoïdea, humeri, carpometacarpus, tarsometatarsi, mandibulae

Porphyrio paepae
Steadman 1988
Holocene of Tahuata and Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype: femur
Secondary materials : Paratype : pelvis, tibiotarsi, tarsometatarsi, carpometacarpus, synsacrum, femora

David W. Steadman,
A new species of Porphyrio (Aves: Rallidae) from archaeological sites in the Marquesas Islands
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101 (1988): 162-170

Aplonis diluvialis
Steadman 1989
Holocene (750-1250 years old) of Huahine, nw Society Islands, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : complete tarsometatarsus

David W. Steadman,
A new species of starling (Sturnidae, Aplonis) from an archaeological site on Huahine, Society Islands
Notornis 36 (1989): 161-169

Macropygia heana
Steadman 1992
Holocene (1000-2000 years old) of Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials: Holotype: tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Paratypes: rostrum, quadratum, mandibula, coracoïdea, scapulae, humeri, ulnae, carpometacarpi, phalanx digitalis majoris I, femora, tibiotarsi, tarsometatarsi

David W. Steadman,
New species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves: Columbidae) from archeological sites in Polynesia
in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, ed Jonathan J. Becker Science series Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 36 (1992): 329-348

Macropygia arevarevauupa
Steadman 1992
Holocene (750-1250 years old) of Huahine, nw Society Islands, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : tibiotarsus

Gallicolumba nui
Steadman 1992
Holocene (1000-2000 years old) of Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials : Paratypes: tarsometatarsi, Other : mandibula, sterna, coracoïdea, scapulae, humeri, ulnae, ulnare, carpometacarpi, phalanx digitalis majoris I, tibiotarsi

Larus utunui
Steadman 2002
Holocene (750-1250 years old) of Huahine, nw Society Islands, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : Complete cranium and associated rostrum, DAPT 1.
Secondary materials : Paratypes : DAPT 106: mandible, BPBM 166046: 3rd thoracic vertebra. DAPT 107: sternum, DAPT 3: furcula, DAPT 42: coracoid, DAPT 23: three humeri, DAPT 2, 31, 40: femur, DAPT 28: tibiotarsus, DAPT 30

David W. Steadman,
A new species of gull (Laridae: Larus) from an archaeological site on Huahine, Society Islands.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115 (2002):1–17.

Porphyrio mcnabi
Kirchman & Steadman 2006
Holocene (750-1250 years old) of Huahine, nw Society Islands, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : nearly complete right femur
Secondary materials : Paratypes : distal left femur, left femur lacking distal end

Kirchman, J.J., Steadman D.W.
New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands.
Pacific Science, 2006, 60(2): 281-297

Galliralus storrsolsoni
Kirchman & Steadman 2006
Holocene (750-1250 years old) of Huahine, nw Society Islands, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : complete cranium and rostrum
Secondary materials : Paratypes : crania, rostrum, vertebrae, sterna, humerus, ulnae, radius, carpometacarpus, synsacrum, femora, tibiotarsi,tarsometatarsi

Kirchman, J.J., Steadman D.W.
New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands.
Pacific Science, 2006, 60(2): 281-297

Gallirallus roletti
Kirchman & Steadman 2007
Holocene (1000 years old) of Tahuata, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotypes : associated complete right femur, right tibiotarsus, right tarsometatarsus and pedal phalages
Secondary materials : Paratypes : distalrostrum, left articular, right articular, distal dentaries, left coracoid (humeral end), left proximal femur, right femur shaft, left distal tibiotarsus, left tibiotarsi shafts, right distal tibiotarsus, left distal tarsometatarsus, nearly complete right tarsornetatarsus, right proximal tarsometatarsus and right tarsometatarus shaft

Kirchman, J.J., Steadman D.W.
New Species of Extinct Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site in the Marquesas Islands, french Polynesia.
Pacific Science, 2007, 61(1): 145-163.

Gallirallus gracilitibia
Kirchman & Steadman 2007
Holocene (1350 years old) of Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : Right tibiotarsus lacking proximal end
Secondary materials : Paratypes : Right coracoid (humeral end), left proximal humerus, right humerus shaft, right femur shaft, left distal tibiotarsi, left tibiotarsus shaft, right distal tibiotarsi and right tibiotarsi shafts

Kirchman, J.J., Steadman D.W.
New Species of Extinct Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site in the Marquesas Islands, french Polynesia.
Pacific Science, 2007, 61(1): 145-163.

Galliralus epulare
Kirchman & Steadman 2007
Holocene (1000 years old) of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials : Holotype : Nearly complete left ulna
Secondary materials : Paratypes : Left humerus shaft, left femur shaft, left tibiotarsi shafts, right tibiotarsus shaft, left distal tarsornetatarsus

Kirchman, J.J., Steadman D.W.
New Species of Extinct Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site in the Marquesas Islands, french Polynesia.
Pacific Science, 2007, 61(1): 145-163.

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