Station 7, Tongatabu (Pleistocene of Tonga)

Also known as B.P. 202497, 202720, 204926

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate facies.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

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 78077: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not quite exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropods. Bivalves not covered in publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with moderately modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola" = Lyncina carneola, "Cypraea (Luria) isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea (Lyncina) argus" = Arestorides argus, "Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica" = Mauritia arabica
"Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola" = Lyncina carneola Linnaeus 1758 purple-mouthed cowry
"Cypraea (Luria) isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea (Lyncina) argus" = Arestorides argus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica" = Mauritia arabica Linnaeus 1758 cowry