Where: Vanuatu (15.4° S, 166.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 166.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated reef limestones. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from several beds within the local area, including those on shore platforms, and at 215 ft altitude.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, including: Stearns (1943), Mallick, Waller, Blango, and Blow. REPOSITORY: USNM.
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 78042: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Phallium (Semicassis) bisulcatum" = Semicassis bisulcata2
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"Cymatium (Ranularia) gutturnium" = Ranularia3
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Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx2, "Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola" = Lyncina carneola2, "Cypraea (Pustilaria) cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula2, Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis2
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"Polinices (Polinices) mammilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla2, Sinum undulatum3, Polinices (Polinices) cf. columnaris2
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"Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus, Tectus (Rochia) niloticus, Tectus (Tectus) mauritianus
"Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Tectus (Rochia) niloticus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Tectus (Tectus) mauritianus Gmelin 1791 top snail | |
Turbo (Turbo) petholatus, Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus, Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus, Astraea (Astralium) rhodostoma
Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Astraea (Astralium) rhodostoma Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Hemitoma (Montfortista) excentrica Iredale 1929 snail |