Where: Fiji (17.2° S, 179.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 178.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ndalithoni Limestone Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Ndalithoni Limestone, which overlies the Koro Mbasanga volcanics (?Late Miocene) and is overlain by Recent alluvium and beach sands. AGE: Pliocene according to Ladd (1945), and stage "h" of Van der Vlerk. Assigned to a Pliocene age, although Ladd's assignment is founded on lyelian percentages. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: H.S. Ladd and E.J. Hoffmeister, presumably with others. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, or the USNM.
Primary reference: H. S. Ladd and J. E. Hoffmeister. 1945. Geology of Lau, Fiji. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68180: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea | |
Echinostrephus aciculatum sea urchin
Heterocentrotus sp. Brandt 1835 sea urchin | |
Phyllacanthus imperalis pencil urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Lima (Lima) annulata file clam | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) lauensis" = Laevichlamys lauensis, Spondylus barbatus
"Pecten (Chlamys) lauensis" = Laevichlamys lauensis Ladd 1945 scallop
Spondylus barbatus Reeve 1856 scallop | |
Ostrea (Ostrea) koroensis oyster | |
"Navicula vitiensis" = Arca, "Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Navicula vitiensis" = Arca ark
"Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
Pseudostomatella (Pseudostomatella) maculata1, Clanculus (Clanculus) clanguloides, "Euchelus (Hybochelus) kavoricus" = Hybochelus kavoricus, "Hybochelus kavoricus" = Hybochelus kavoricus1, Trochus (Trochus) sp., Synaptocochlea lekalekana1, "Sinum lekalekanum" = Synaptocochlea lekalekanum
"Euchelus (Hybochelus) kavoricus" = Hybochelus kavoricus Ladd 1945 top snail
Trochus (Trochus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
"Sinum lekalekanum" = Synaptocochlea lekalekanum Ladd 1945 top snail | |
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Nerita (Theliostyla) semirugosa Récluz 1841 snail | |
"Helcioniscus aff. sagittata" = Cellana sagittata Ladd 1945 limpet | |
Bulla vitiensis snail | |
"Neritopsis radula" = Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Siliquaria sp." = Tenagodus Guettard 1770 snail | |
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"Triphora (Inella) roddai" = Inella2
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Vexillum (Vexillum) vavakuana ribbed mitre | |
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Oliva cf. guttata olive snail | |
Cypraea (Cypraea) sp., "Cypraea (Cribraria) sp." = Erronea (Cribraria)3, Cypraea (Erronea) mbalavuensis3, Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus3, "Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola3, "Cypraea (Talparia) isabella" = Luria isabella
Cypraea (Cypraea) sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea Barnes 1824 Ivory Cowry
"Cypraea (Talparia) isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry SUBSPECIES: C. (T.) isabella lekalekana
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Trivia (Trivirostra) scabriuscula Gray 1828 snail | |
"Strombus (Canarium) mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile2
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Lemintina sp. Risso 1826 worm shell | |
Natica (Natica) sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
"Pachycrommium stockwelli" = Pachycrommium harrisi3
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Polyplacophora | |
"Lucilina "sp. B"" = Tonicia (Lucilina)1
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Malacostraca | |
Archaeocarabus vanuaensis Rathbun 1945 spiny lobster | |
Ranina elegans Rathbun 1945 crab | |
Medaeus mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Cycloxanthops eous Rathbun 1945 stone crab | |
Libinia mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945 spider crab | |
Daira perlata Herbst 1790 crab | |
Petrolisthes lauensis Rathbun 1945 decapod | |
Dardanus laensis hermit crab |