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, tuffaceous, shelly/skeletal limestone
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 68181: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Malacostraca | |
Cronius obscura swimming crab
Charybdis fijiensis Rathbun 1945 swimming crab
Charybdis hoffmeisteri Rathbun 1945 swimming crab
Portunus levigatus Rathbun 1945 swimming crab | |
Thia simplex Rathbun 1945 crab | |
Menippe brevimanus Rathbun 1945 crab
Menippe oceanica Rathbun 1945 crab | |
Daira perlata Herbst 1790 crab | |
Panopeus lauensis Rathbun 1945 crab | |
"Carpilodes sublenis" = Liomera, Xantho acutispinus, "Plagiolophus vitiensis" = Xantho vitiensis, Lipaesthesius quadratus, Medaeus nbalavuensis, ? Medaeus variabilis, Etisodes ornata, Atergatis laddi
"Carpilodes sublenis" = Liomera stone crab
Xantho acutispinus stone crab
"Plagiolophus vitiensis" = Xantho vitiensis Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Lipaesthesius quadratus Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Medaeus nbalavuensis stone crab
? Medaeus variabilis Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Etisodes ornata Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Atergatis laddi Rathbun 1945 stone crab | |
Thoe vanuaensis Rathbun 1945 spider crab | |
Epialtus pacificus Rathbun 1945 spider crab
Libinia mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945 spider crab | |
"Trachycarcinus decorus" = Trichopeltarion decorus
"Trachycarcinus decorus" = Trichopeltarion decorus Rathbun 1945 crab | |
Ranina quinquespinosa Rathbun 1945 crab
Vanua linearius Rathbun 1945 crab | |
? Dromia sp. Weber 1795 crab | |
Dardanus lauensis Rathbun 1945 hermit crab | |
Bivalvia | |
Volsella philippinarum mussel | |
Lima (Lima) annulata file clam | |
Spondylus barbatus, "Pecten (Chlamys) lauensis" = Laevichlamys lauensis
Spondylus barbatus Reeve 1856 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) lauensis" = Laevichlamys lauensis Ladd 1945 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell | |
Conus yanuyanuensis cone shell | |
"Cypraea (Pustularia) margarita" = Pustularia margarita, "Cypraea (Pustularia) nucleus" = Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus, "Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola3, Cypraea (Erronea) mbalavuensis
"Cypraea (Pustularia) margarita" = Pustularia margarita Dillwyn 1817 cowry
"Cypraea (Pustularia) nucleus" = Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea Barnes 1824 Ivory Cowry
Cypraea (Erronea) mbalavuensis Ladd 1945 cowry | |
"Pachycrommium stockwelli" = Pachycrommium harrisi
"Pachycrommium stockwelli" = Pachycrommium harrisi Pannekoek 1936 snail | |
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Synaptocochlea lekalekana1, "Sinum lekalekanum" = Synaptocochlea lekalekanum, Clanculus (Clanculus) clanguloides1
"Sinum lekalekanum" = Synaptocochlea lekalekanum Ladd 1945 top snail | |
"Helcioniscus aff. sagittata" = Cellana sagittata Ladd 1945 limpet | |
Nerita (Theliostyla) semirugosa Récluz 1841 snail | |
"Neritopsis radula" = Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Neohemithyris cf. lucida" = Basiliola lucida
"Neohemithyris cf. lucida" = Basiliola lucida Gould 1860 | |
Echinoidea | |
Phyllacanthus imperialis Lamarck 1816 pencil urchin
Eucidaris metularia Lamarck 1816 pencil urchin | |
Brissus latecarinatus Leske 1778 heart urchin | |
"Paraster hyperocus" = Schizaster (Paraster)
"Paraster hyperocus" = Schizaster (Paraster) heart urchin | |
Clypeaster cf. australasiae sand dollar | |
Echinostrephus aciculatum sea urchin
Heterocentrotus sp. Brandt 1835 sea urchin |