Where: Fiji (17.7° S, 177.4° E: paleocoordinates 19.7° S, 177.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mba Group, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mba Group, which overlies the Koroimavua Group (?Early Pliocene), and is overlain by the Verata Group (?Early Pleistocene). AGE: Late Pliocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. Revised to early Pliocene according to Stratford & Rodda (2000). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Near base of Mba Group.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rodda et al.; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Rodda, Tupua, Mau, Penjueli, and Komai. 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 78069: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

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