Station L389 [Futuna Limestone]: Middle Miocene, Fiji
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Raninidae
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Ranina lamiensis
Rathbun 1945
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R category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia (Cernina) fijiensis
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R category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Cernina | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola
Linnaeus 1758
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Lyncina carneola | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: C. (L.) carneola lakemba | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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R category | |||||||||
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Strombus (Tricornis) aff. thersites
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Strombus (Canarium) informal sp. B
(Schumacher 1817)
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Canarium | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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? Eocithara informal sp. A
Fischer 1883
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva woolnoughi
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus australis
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R category | |||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Conus australis vouensis | ||||||||||
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Conus gracilis
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Ladd 1982 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Polinices) cf. columnaris
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten lakemba
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R | |||||||||
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Pecten (Chlamys) nausorensis
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A category | |||||||||
| original and current combination Chlamys | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) informal sp. B
da Costa 1778
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R category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Arca) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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R category | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Fibulariidae
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Fibularia excavata
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F category | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Eucidaris metularia
(Lamarck 1816)
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R category | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Fiji |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° South, 178.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.2° South, 178.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 3 feet |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Futuna Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Futuna Limestone, which overlies the Lau volcanics (?Early-Middle Miocene), and are overlain by the Koro Mbasanga volcanics (?Late Miocene). AGE: Lower Miocene according to Ladd (1945), and stage "f" of Van der Vlerk. Ladd's age is based on lyellian percentages so should be treated with caution. Lad (1966, 1972, 1977, 1982) appear to suggest a Middle Miocene age, which is adopted here. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Tuffaceous limestone. LITHIFICATION: Presumed lithified, as stated to be limestone, hill capping, and with limited diversity. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, though presumably shallow water carbonate. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H.S. Ladd and E.J. Hoffmeister, presumably with others. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, or the USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for echinoidea, gastropoda, bivalvia, bryozoa, brachiopoda, and decapoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, although somewhat antiquated. Regular use of subgenera and species level identifications. Nomenclature vetted by A. Hendy (1/2007). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 68294 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-14 10:26:29 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-14 10:26:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19610. | H. S. Ladd and J. E. Hoffmeister. 1945. Geology of Lau, Fiji. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 11409 | H. S. Ladd. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532:1-79 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |