USGS 25142. South-facing cut in marl behind Carlton Brewery on Queen's Road: Early/Lower Miocene, Fiji
collected by west side of Walu Bay, Suva. P. Rodda, R. Band, W. Briggs, H. Ladd, and others
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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? Argyropeza suvaensis
Ladd 1977
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Pliconacca martini
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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? Clinura fijiensis
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
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? Clinura informal sp. A
Bellardi 1875
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
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? Clinura informal sp. B
Bellardi 1875
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pseudomelatomidae
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Comitas waluensis
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
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Comitas informal sp. A
Finlay 1926
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Cypraea (Erosaria) labrolineata
(Gaskoin 1849)
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| recombined as Erosaria labrolineata | |||||||
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Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Monetaria moneta | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Eudolium sp.
Dall 1889
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Leucosyrinx rabbidgei
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
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Leucosyrinx fijiensis
Ladd 1982
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Fiji | State/province: | Vitu Levu |
| Coordinates: | 18.1° South, 178.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.1° South, 178.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 555 feet | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ra |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Lithology description: Marl. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | west side of Walu Bay, Suva. P. Rodda, R. Band, W. Briggs, H. Ladd, and others |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Station C497; FB13. | ||
| Database number: | 179499 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-18 11:32:28 | Last modified: | 2016-06-18 11:36:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-18 11:32:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11410. | H. S. Ladd. 1977. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533:1-84 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/J. Millet] |
Secondary references:
| 26328 | H. S. Ladd. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1-100 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |