Also known as B.P. 202950
Where: Tonga (21.2° S, 175.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 175.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From undifferentiated Quaternary reef limestones. AGE: Late Pleistocene on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Ostergaard
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Ostergaard. REPOSITORY: Bishop Museum.
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 78076: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Trochus (Trochus) tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus
"Trochus (Trochus) tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus Kiener 1880 top snail | |
Nassa serta true whelk | |
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea (Luria) isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola" = Lyncina carneola
Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Luria) isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola" = Lyncina carneola Linnaeus 1758 purple-mouthed cowry |