Station 2021 [Mba Group] (Pliocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (18.0° S, 178.5° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 178.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mba Group, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Estimated to be from the Mba Group, which overlies the Koroimavua Group (?Early Pliocene), and is overlain by the Verata Group (?Early Pleistocene). AGE: Late Pliocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate facies.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rodda et al.; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Rodda, Tupua, Mau, Penjueli, and Komai. REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections).

Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78068: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not quite exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropods. Bivalves not covered in publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with moderately modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula speciosa, Gemmula kieneri, Gemmula "sp. A"
Gemmula "sp. A" Weinkauff 1875 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Eubela woodrowi
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira macneili