Where: Fiji (18.2° S, 178.8° E: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 178.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Futuna Limestone Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Futuna Limestone, which overlies the Lau volcanics (?Early-Middle Miocene), and are overlain by the Koro Mbasanga volcanics (?Late Miocene). AGE: Lower Miocene according to Ladd (1945), and stage "f" of Van der Vlerk. Ladd's age is based on lyellian percentages so should be treated with caution. Lad (1966, 1972, 1977, 1982) appear to suggest a Middle Miocene age, which is adopted here. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, tuffaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: H.S. Ladd and E.J. Hoffmeister, presumably with others. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, or the USNM.
Primary reference: H. S. Ladd and J. E. Hoffmeister. 1945. Geology of Lau, Fiji. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68296: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata | |
"Retepora "sp. B"" = Reteporella
"Retepora "sp. B"" = Reteporella Busk 1884 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea (Lopha) "sp. A"" = Lopha, "Ostrea (Lopha) cristagalli" = Lopha cristagalli
"Ostrea (Lopha) "sp. A"" = Lopha Röding 1798 oyster
"Ostrea (Lopha) cristagalli" = Lopha cristagalli Linnaeus 1758 Cock's Comb Oyster | |
Spondylus levuensis, Spondylus sp., "Pecten (Chlamys) nausorensis" = Chlamys, Pecten (Pallum) waluensis
Spondylus levuensis scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) nausorensis" = Chlamys scallop
Pecten (Pallum) waluensis scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
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Echinoidea | |
Phyllacanthus imperialis Lamarck 1816 pencil urchin | |
Laganum depressum Agassiz 1841 sand dollar | |
Heterocentrotus sp. Brandt 1835 sea urchin |