PBDB Collection

Epi Island (Miocene of Vanuatu)

Where: Vanuatu (16.7° S, 168.3° E: paleocoordinates 16.7° S, 168.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Miocene in Abrard (1946) and Ladd (1966, 1977, 1982), presumably on the basis of foraminiferal and macrofossil affinities to other dated Indo-Pacific faunas (e.g. Fiji).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, tuffaceous, calcareous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic setting.

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Calcareous, tuffaceous sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by de la Rüe in 1934-1936

• COLLECTOR: E. A. de la Rüe (1934-1936). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, possibly MNHN, Paris.

Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1946. Fossiles Néogénes et Quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides. Annales de Paléontologie 32:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77902: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Rather antiquated, but with species-resolution assignments. Nomenclature updated by Ladd (1966, 1977, 1982) where possible.

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Gastropoda
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	Turbo (Marmarostoma) perlatus¹ Turbo (Marmarostoma) perlatus¹ Abrad 1946 snail
Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae	"Tenagodes (Agathirses) aff. cumingi" = Tenagodus "Tenagodes (Agathirses) aff. cumingi" = Tenagodus snail
Neogastropoda - Conidae	Conus (Hermes) epiensis Conus (Hermes) epiensis cone shell
Neogastropoda - Olividae	Oliva forelandensis Oliva forelandensis olive snail
Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae	Cypraea (Luponia) subchinensis Cypraea (Luponia) subchinensis Abrard 1946 cowry
Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae	Ranella (Apollo) sp. Ranella (Apollo) sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae	Triforis (Mastonia) auberti² Triforis (Mastonia) auberti² snail
Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae	"Mitrularia equestris" = Cheilea equestris "Mitrularia equestris" = Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla "Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Bivalvia
- Aviculidae	Avicula sp. Avicula sp. Bruguière 1791 clam
Arcida - Arcidae	"Arca (Anadara) subtijidamarensis" = Anadara, Arca (Barbatia) cf. lima, "Arca (Acar) plicata" = Acar plicata, "Arca (Navicula) avellana" = Lamarcka avellana "Arca (Anadara) subtijidamarensis" = Anadara ark Arca (Barbatia) cf. lima Reeve 1844 clam "Arca (Acar) plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark "Arca (Navicula) avellana" = Lamarcka avellana Lamarck 1819 clam
Arcida - Glycymerididae	"Pectunculus laddi" = Glycymeris "Pectunculus laddi" = Glycymeris clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Spondylus epiensis, Spondylus ducalis, Spondylus candidus, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) pallium" = Gloripallium pallium, Chlamys (Pallium) epiensis, Chlamys (Pallium) forelandensis Spondylus epiensis scallop Spondylus ducalis scallop Spondylus candidus Lamarck 1819 scallop "Chlamys (Aequipecten) pallium" = Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop Chlamys (Pallium) epiensis scallop Chlamys (Pallium) forelandensis scallop
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula vermiculata Plicatula vermiculata scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Ctenoides) auberti" = Ctenoides "Lima (Ctenoides) auberti" = Ctenoides file clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia lamyi Venericardia lamyi clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	"Cardium (Laevicardium) mansfieldi" = Laevicardium, "Cardium (Laevicardium) sp." = Laevicardium, "Cardium (Laevicardium) auberti" = Laevicardium, "Cardium (Trachycardium) laddi" = Trachycardium, "Cardium (Trachycardium) aff. arenicola" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola, "Cardium (Ctenocardia) fornicatum" = Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) fornicata, "Cardium (Ctenocardia) victor" = Freneixicardia victor "Cardium (Laevicardium) mansfieldi" = Laevicardium cockle "Cardium (Laevicardium) sp." = Laevicardium Swainson 1840 cockle "Cardium (Laevicardium) auberti" = Laevicardium cockle "Cardium (Trachycardium) laddi" = Trachycardium cockle "Cardium (Trachycardium) aff. arenicola" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola Reeve 1845 cockle "Cardium (Ctenocardia) fornicatum" = Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) fornicata Sowerby 1840 cockle "Cardium (Ctenocardia) victor" = Freneixicardia victor Angas 1872 cockle
Cardiida - Glossidae	"Isocardia (Meiocardia) moltkiana" = Meiocardia moltkiana "Isocardia (Meiocardia) moltkiana" = Meiocardia moltkiana Gmelin 1791 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	"Meretrix (Callista) sp." = Callista, Antigona (Ventricola) vitiensis, Venus (Timoclea) fischeri, Circe (Crista) pulchella, "Meretrix (Amiantis) sinuatocostata" = Amiantis, "Meretrix (Pitaria) sp." = Pitaria "Meretrix (Callista) sp." = Callista Poli 1791 venus clam Antigona (Ventricola) vitiensis venus clam Venus (Timoclea) fischeri venus clam Circe (Crista) pulchella venus clam "Meretrix (Amiantis) sinuatocostata" = Amiantis venus clam "Meretrix (Pitaria) sp." = Pitaria Roemer 1857 venus clam
Echinoidea
Cidaroida - Cidaridae	Cidaris (Phyllacanthus) imperialis Cidaris (Phyllacanthus) imperialis Lamarck 1816 pencil urchin
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	"Fungia vaughani" = Cycloseris vaughani "Fungia vaughani" = Cycloseris vaughani Boschma 1923 stony coral
Foraminifera
Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae	Cycloclypeus gumbelianus, Cycloclypeus cf. communis Cycloclypeus gumbelianus Cycloclypeus cf. communis

¹Ladd 1966; ²Ladd 1972