Station 1766 [Mba Group]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Fiji
collected by Rodda
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium (Cycloscala) revolutum
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia (Smaragdia) cf. viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Fiji |
Coordinates: | 17.8° South, 177.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.3° South, 177.3° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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 57.91-59.44 m in drill core. |
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 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Rodda. 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
Also known as: | DDH 13/7 (57.91-59.44 m) | ||
Database number: | 78112 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-28 08:53:14 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-01-28 08:53:14 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |