Plateau de Rawolel, Eromanga Island (Pleistocene of Vanuatu)

Where: Vanuatu (18.8° S, 169.1° E: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 169.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit (Tenmaru Limestone? - Pleistocene). AGE: Quaternary in Abrard (1946), presumably on the basis of stratigraphic position, and foraminiferal and macrofossil affinities to other dated Indo-Pacific faunas (e.g. Fiji). Assigned here to a Pleistocene interval.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, coral-rich, carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Calcareous, coral-rich, limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with calcite

Collected by de la Rüe in 1938

• COLLECTOR: E. A. de la Rüe (1938). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, possibly MNHN, Paris.

Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1946. Fossiles Néogénes et Quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides. Annales de Paléontologie 32:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77905: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Rather antiquated, but with species-resolution assignments. Nomenclature updated by Ladd (1966, 1977, 1982) where possible.
unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo chrysostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus
"Turbo chrysostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa (Niotha) kieneri" = Nassarius (Niotha) kieneri
"Nassa (Niotha) kieneri" = Nassarius (Niotha) kieneri Deshayes 1863 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Columbella turturina" = Pyrene turturina
"Columbella turturina" = Pyrene turturina Lamarck 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Erronea) cylindrica" = Erronea cylindrica, "Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta
"Cypraea (Erronea) cylindrica" = Erronea cylindrica Born 1778 cowry
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidella dolabrata snail
SUBSPECIES: Pyramidella dolabrata terebellum
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Nerita (Odontostoma) cf. polita" = Nerita (Linnerita) polita
"Nerita (Odontostoma) cf. polita" = Nerita (Linnerita) polita Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea (Alectryonia) cf. folium" = Dendostrea folium
"Ostrea (Alectryonia) cf. folium" = Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 foliate oyster
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris (Phyllacanthus) sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
 Camarodonta - Echinometridae