Station 3, Tongatabu: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Tonga
collected by Ostergaard

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina (Schwartziella) gracilis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus glans
Ladd 1982
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum vertebrale
Ladd 1972
Gastropoda - Dialidae
Diala ludens
Ladd 1972
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia (Hiloa) informal sp. A (Pilsbry 1917)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus (Trochus) tubiferus Kiener 1880
recombined as Infundibulum tubiferus
Tectus (Tectus) pyramis (Born 1778)
recombined as Tectus pyramis
Trochus (Trochus) incrassatus (Lamarck 1822)
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Lophocochlias minutissimus (Pilsbry 1921)
Munditiella qualum
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo (Marmarostoma) crassus (Wood 1828)
Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Scissurella (Scissurella) coronata (Watson 1886)
see common names

Geography
Country:Tonga
Coordinates: 21.2° South, 175.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.2° South, 175.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From undifferentiated Quaternary reef limestones. AGE: Late Pleistocene on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate facies.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Ostergaard
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Ostergaard. REPOSITORY: Bishop Museum.
Taxonomic list comments: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.
Metadata
Also known as:B.P. 202976, 2029809, 204926, 204928
Database number:78075
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-26 17:52:09 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-01-26 17:52:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26223. 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]

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]
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]