Station 1133 [Mba Group]: Zanclean, Fiji
collected by Rodda et al.
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Cryptoporidae
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Cryptopora sp.
Jeffreys 1869
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Cooper 1978 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius (Niotha) fijiensis
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Ladd 1977 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sulcatus
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Gemmula kieneri
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex (Murex) bantamensis
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Ladd 1977 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Fiji |
| Coordinates: | 17.7° South, 177.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.7° South, 177.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mba | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: 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. Revised to early Pliocene according to Stratford & Rodda (2000). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Near base of Mba Group. | |||||
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: | Rodda et al. |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Rodda, Tupua, Mau, Penjueli, and Komai. 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: | 78069 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-26 17:35:00 | Last modified: | 2022-07-27 17:10:08 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-01-26 17:35:00 |
| 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:
| 62649 | G. A. Cooper. 1978. Tertiary and Quaternary brachiopods from the southwest Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 38:1-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 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] |