Plateau d'Unapong, Eromanga Island: Pleistocene, Vanuatu
collected by de la Rüe 1938

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Solidula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Ladd 1966
Ladd 1966
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus nodatus (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Puncticulus) arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
Conus (Chelyconus) cf. catus (Hwass in Bruguiére 1792)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Mitra (Turricula) sp. (Schumacher 1817)
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Ladd 1977
Ladd 1977
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Mamma) mamilla (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama limbula Lamarck 1819
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Anadara) antiquata (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Vanuatu
Coordinates: 18.8° South, 169.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.2° South, 169.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified calcareous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Calcareous, coral-rich, limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, coral-rich, carbonate setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:very poor
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:de la Rüe Collection dates:1938
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. A. de la Rüe (1938). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, possibly MNHN, Paris.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Rather antiquated, but with species-resolution assignments. Nomenclature updated by Ladd (1966, 1977, 1982) where possible.
Metadata
Database number:77906
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-22 14:47:48 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-01-22 14:47:48
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
26295. R. Abrard. 1946. Fossiles Néogénes et Quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides. Annales de Paléontologie 32:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

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]
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]