Where: Fiji (18.0° S, 178.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 178.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Suva Marl Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• "Miocene (Suva Marl, above Lami Limestone Member)" - Suva Marl early Pliocene in age according to Stratford & Rodda (2000).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Strasfogel; 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 186820: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Basiliola strasfogeli n. sp.
Basiliola strasfogeli n. sp. Cooper 1978 |