Where: Eua, Tonga (21.4° S, 174.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Priabonian (37.7 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone and poorly lithified, tuffaceous limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by H.T. Stearns, Kondo, W. Bryan; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• The soft tuffaceous limestones collected on Fua were treated with a wetting agent and penetrant in the laboratory. The material broke down easily, re- vealing a variety of fossil remains. The material is from two samples collected from approximately the same out- crop about one-quarter mile north of Vaingana, Eua, Tonga

Primary reference: A. H. Cheetham. 1972. Cheilostome Byrozoa of Late Eocene age from Eua, Tonga. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (640-E) [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166842: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 01.03.2015

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