Station 158, Vitu Levu - Ladd (1972) (Miocene of Fiji)

Also known as 158

Where: Fiji (18.0° S, 178.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° S, 176.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ra Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• No paleoenvironmental data reported for indivdual collections.
• No lithologic information reported for indivdual collections.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by H.S. Ladd (1928). All collections held in the USNM collections, although many have University of Rochestor Museum of Natural History catalogue numbers (those collections now in USNM).

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43207: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.08.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

• Only includes taxa described in monography (i.e. type specimens) or mentioned incidently in text.
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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Majidae
Maja laddi n. sp.2
Maja laddi n. sp.2 Rathbun 1934 spider crab
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
"Parthenope (Platylambrus) fijiensis n. sp." = Platylambrus fijiensis2
"Parthenope (Platylambrus) fijiensis n. sp." = Platylambrus fijiensis2 Rathbun 1934 crab
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia (Waluia) edwardsu1
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Cheilea equestris1
Cheilea equestris1 Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell
1Ladd 1982; 2Rathbun 1934