Where: Vanuatu (18.8° S, 169.1° E: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 169.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit (Tenmaru Limestone? - Pleistocene). AGE: Quaternary in Abrard (1946), presumably on the basis of stratigraphic position, and foraminiferal and macrofossil affinities to other dated Indo-Pacific faunas (e.g. Fiji). Assigned here to a Pleistocene interval.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with calcite
Collected by de la Rüe in 1938
• COLLECTOR: E. A. de la Rüe (1938). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, possibly MNHN, Paris.
Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1946. Fossiles Néogénes et Quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides. Annales de Paléontologie 32:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77906: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Chama limbula Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
Hippopus hippopus Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Corbis fimbriata" = Fimbria
"Corbis fimbriata" = Fimbria clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Trochus (Infundibulum) calcaratus" = Infundibulum, "Trochus (Infundibulum) cf. tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus
"Trochus (Infundibulum) calcaratus" = Infundibulum top snail
"Trochus (Infundibulum) cf. tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus Kiener 1880 top snail | |
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"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa2, "Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta, "Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta2, "Cypraea (Erronea) cylindrica" = Erronea cylindrica2
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Latirus nodatus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Conus (Puncticulus) sp., Conus (Pioconus) cf. magus, Conus (Puncticulus) arenatus, "Conus (Chelyconus) cf. catus" = Conus catus
Conus (Puncticulus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus (Pioconus) cf. magus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus (Puncticulus) arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
"Conus (Chelyconus) cf. catus" = Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell | |
"Mitra (Turricula) sp." = Turricula
"Mitra (Turricula) sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Solidula sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail |