S44, cave at Ndravuni, Tuvutha, Lau (Miocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (17.7° S, 178.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° S, 178.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Only information given is "Miocene"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H.S. Ladd, J.E. Hoffmeister; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1978. Tertiary and Quaternary brachiopods from the southwest Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 38:1-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186818: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecidellinidae