Tiga Island (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)
Where: Lifu, New Caledonia (21.1° S, 167.8° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 167.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; phosphorite
• uplifted reef with phosphatic infillings in the karst
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney, J. C. Balouet, and F. Broin. 1984. New Occurrences of Extinct Meiolaniid Turtles in New Caledonia. American Museum Novitates (2800)1-6 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185432: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 23.04.2017
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