Where: Fiji (18.1° S, 178.4° E: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 178.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Navosa Group, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Estimated to be from the Navosa Group [not stated, =Suva Fm?], 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. Now presumably the Serua Conglomerate, late Miocene (7-5.5 Ma) in age according to Stratford & Rodda (2000). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit..
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by H.S. 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 78060: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata | |
Polyplacophora | |
"Lucilina "sp. B"" = Tonicia (Lucilina)
"Lucilina "sp. B"" = Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall 1882 chiton | |
Cryptoplax sp. Blainville 1818 chiton
Cryptoplax cf. menkrawitensis Beets 1941 chiton | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Batillaria (Zeacumantus) rickardi" = Zeacumantus2
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"Seila (Notoseila) waluensis" = Notoseila2
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Zebina (Cibdezebina) metaltilana, Rissoina (Rissolina) bourneae, Rissoina (Rissolina) turricula, Rissoina (Phosinella) clathrata, Rissoina (Rissoina) waluensis, Rissoina (Rissoina) "sp. A", Merelina (Merelina) pisinna
Rissoina (Phosinella) clathrata Adams 1853 snail
Rissoina (Rissoina) "sp. A" d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
Hipponix (Antisabia) foliaceus2, Hipponix (Sabia) conicus2, Cheilea equestris2, "Capulus (Krebsia) "sp. A"" = Krebsia2
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"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana5, "Polinices (Polinices) mammilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla3, Polinices (Polinices) cumingianus3
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"Phallium (Semicassis) vavukuana" = Phalium3
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"Trivia (Trivirostra) oryza" = Trivirostra oryza3
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"Cypraea (Pustilaria) everwijni" = Erosaria everwijni3, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola3, Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx3, "Cypraea (Luria) isabella" = Luria isabella3, "Cypraea (Pustilaria) childreni" = Ipsa childreni3
"Cypraea (Luria) isabella" = Luria isabella3 Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry Cypraea (Luria) isabella lekalekana
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Teinostoma (Esmeralda) "sp. A" Pilsbry and Olsson 1952 snail | |
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"Neritopsis (Neritopsis) radula" = Neritopsis radula
"Neritopsis (Neritopsis) radula" = Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Clithon (Clithon) corona Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Trochus (Trochus) histrio Reeve 1848 top snail
Monilea (Monilea) mateana Ladd 1934 top snail | |
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail
Lophocochlias minutissimus Pilsbry 1921 snail | |
Tricolia (Hiloa) "sp. A" Pilsbry 1917 snail | |
"Leptothyra masculosa" = Collonista, "Leptothyra wellsi" = Collonista, Astraea (Vitiastraea) holmesi, Turbo (Turbo) petholatus, Turbo (Marmarostoma) "sp. A", "Astraea (Astralium) "sp. B"" = Astralium, Astraea (Astralium) waluensis
"Leptothyra masculosa" = Collonista snail
"Leptothyra wellsi" = Collonista snail
Astraea (Vitiastraea) holmesi Ladd 1966 snail
Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Turbo (Marmarostoma) "sp. A" Swainson 1829 snail
"Astraea (Astralium) "sp. B"" = Astralium Link 1807 snail
Astraea (Astralium) waluensis Ladd 1966 snail | |
Euchelus (Herpetopoma) instrictus Gould 1849 snail | |
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