Where: Fiji (17.8° S, 178.1° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 177.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Navosa Group, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Estimated to be from the Navosa Group [not stated], which overlies the Nandi Group (?Middle Miocene), and is overlain by the Koroimavua Group (?Early Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit..
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Ladd; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: H.S. Ladd. REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections).
Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78059: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nerita (Theliostyla) "sp. A" Mörch 1852 snail | |
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"Phallium (Semicassis) vavukuana" = Phalium1
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