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Oceanic Eclectus
The oceanic eclectus (''Eclectus infectus'') is an extinct parrot species which occurred on Tonga, Vanuatu and possibly on Fiji. Its closest living relative among the four extant Eclectus#Taxonomy, eclectus parrots is the Moluccan eclectus (''Eclectus roratus''), which has proportionally larger wings than the oceanic eclectus parrot. The fossil material unearthed in November 1989 in Late Pleistocene and Holocene deposits on Eua, Lifuka, Uiha and Vanuatu and described in 2006 by David William Steadman include a complete femur, five Radius (bone), radii, a quadrate bone, a mandible, a coracoid, two Sternum, sterna, two Humerus, humeri, two ulnae, two Tibiotarsus, tibiotarsi, a carpometacarpus, a tarsometatarsus, and three pedal Phalanx bones, phalanges. The oceanic eclectus became extinct on Tonga during the early settlement 3,000 years ago, presumably due to human-caused factors. On Vavau, it may have survived into historic times because among the drawings which were created in 179 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications from earlier years may use either definition of the period. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology. The name is a combination of Ancient Greek grc, label=none, πλεῖστος, pleīstos, most and grc, label=none, καινός, kainós (latinized as ), 'new'. At the end of the preceding Pliocene, the previously isolated North and South American continents were joined by the Isthmus of Panama, causing Great American Interchang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
