Where: Fiji (17.5° S, 177.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 176.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tuatua Limestone Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Estimated to be from the Tuatua Limestone, which overlies the Natewa Gp (Miocene), and is overlain by the Monkey Face Gp (?Early Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections).
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 78073: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2008, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana4, Mammilla melanostoma2, Polinices (Polinices) cf. columnaris2
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"Cypraea (Cribraria) cribraria" = Cribrarula cribraria2
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Siphonalia aff. stearnsii2, Siphonalia subspadicea2, Metula (Metuila) ibbotsoni2, Metula (Metula) ibbotsoni2
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Nassarius (Zeuxis) planicosta2, Nassarius (Zeuxis) planicostata2, Nassarius (Uzita) verbeeki2, Nassarius (Niotha) fijiensis2
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"Cancellaria (Merica) petiti" = Cancellaria petiti3
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"Lophiotoma (Lophioturris) indica" = Lophiotoma3, Gemmula kieneri3, Gemmula monilifera3, Gemmula congener3
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Murex cf. multispinosus2, Murex (Murex) guppyi2, Murex (Murex) bantamensis2, Murex (Murex) multispinosus2, Vitularia miliaris2
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"Tibia (Tibia) powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi1
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"Distorsio (Rhysema) reticulata" = Distorsio2
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"Phallium (Semicassis) bisulcatum" = Semicassis bisulcata2, "Phalium (Semicassis) bisulcatum" = Semicassis bisulcata2
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"Cymatium (Lampusia) aquatile" = Monoplex aquatilis2, "Cymatium (Cymatriton) rickardi" = Monoplex2, Gyrineum (Gyrineum) bituberculare2
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"Bursa (Colubrellina) nobilis" = Bursa2
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"Tugurium exutum" = Stellaria (Onustus) exutus1
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