Nuku'laofa (Pleistocene of Tonga)
Where: Tonga (21.1° S, 175.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 175.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
• limestone, part of which seemed to be coral reef in places, molluscs from the lower part of the quarry
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. M. Ostergaard. 1935. Recent and fossil marine Mollusca of Tongatabu. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 131:1-59 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96436: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus, "Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus, Astralium petrosum
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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Conus miliaris cone shell
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Cypraea argus" = Arestorides argus, "Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea carneola" = Lyncina carneola, "Cypraea lynx" = Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, "Cypraea punctulata" = Talostolida teres, "Cypraea arabica" = Mauritia arabica
"Cypraea argus" = Arestorides argus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea carneola" = Lyncina carneola Linnaeus 1758 purple-mouthed cowry
"Cypraea lynx" = Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea punctulata" = Talostolida teres Gmelin 1791 cowry
"Cypraea arabica" = Mauritia arabica Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Lithophaga corrugata mussel | |
"Arca fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Arca fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam | |
"Chlamys pallium" = Gloripallium pallium
"Chlamys pallium" = Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop | |
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Lima squamosa file clam | |
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Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792 clam | |
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Trapezium oblongum Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
"Cardium maculosum" = Acrosterigma maculosum, "Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas
"Cardium maculosum" = Acrosterigma maculosum Wood 1815 cockle
"Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
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Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam | |