Station 1763 [Mba Group]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Fiji
collected by Rodda
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Dolomena) minimus
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Smaragdia (Smaragdia) cf. viridis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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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 52.83-54.86 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 (52.83-54.86 m) | ||
| Database number: | 78113 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-28 08:54:55 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-01-28 08:54:55 |
| 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] |