Where: Fiji (16.7° S, 178.9° E: paleocoordinates 18.7° S, 178.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tuatua Limestone Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Estimated to be from the Tuatua Limestone, which overlies the Natewa Gp (Miocene), and is overlain by the Monkey Face Gp (?Early Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Hindle; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: W. Hindle. 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 78071: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2008

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