Station MR-20 [Mba Group]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Fiji
collected by Rickard

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Kurosioia) fileola
Ladd 1972
Turritella (Turritella) informal sp. A Lamarck 1799
Ladd 1972
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva carneola Gmelin 1791
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Uzita) verbeeki (Martin 1895)
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Etrema informal sp. A Hedley 1918
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sulcatus
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) radius
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tectus (Tectus) cf. bomasensis (Martin 1916)
Gastropoda - Seguenziidae
Putilla (Parvisetia) suvaensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Fiji
Coordinates: 17.6° South, 177.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.1° South, 177.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:144 feet
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mba
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate facies.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:Rickard
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: M.J. Rickard. REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections).
Taxonomic list comments: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.
Metadata
Database number:78063
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-26 16:54:08 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-01-26 16:54:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26223. 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]

Secondary references:

11409 H. S. Ladd. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532:1-79 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
11410 H. S. Ladd. 1977. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533:1-84 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/J. Millet]
26328 H. S. Ladd. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1-100 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]