Station L487 [Futuna Limestone]: Middle Miocene, Fiji
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) nausorensis
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A category | ||||||
original and current combination Chlamys | |||||||
Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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R category | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea (Lopha) cristagalli
(Linnaeus 1758)
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A category | ||||||
recombined as Lopha cristagalli | |||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Celleporidae
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Cellepora sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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F category | ||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Retepora informal sp. B
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R category | ||||||
synonym of Reteporella | |||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Oziidae
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Menippe oceanica
Rathbun 1945
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R category | ||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Xanthidae
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Medaeus mbalavuensis
Rathbun 1945
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R category | ||||||
Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus (Austrobalanus) sp.
Da Costa 1778
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R category | ||||||
Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Pyrgomatidae
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Pyrgoma sp.
Leach 1817
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F category | ||||||
Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Phyllacanthus imperialis
(Lamarck 1816)
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A category | ||||||
Chondrocidaris problepteryx
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R category | ||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Metalia sternalis
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F category | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Fiji |
Coordinates: | 18.5° South, 178.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 18.4° South, 178.5° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Altitude: | 30 feet |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Futuna Limestone | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 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: Basal foraminiferal limestone. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Foraminiferal limestone. LITHIFICATION: Presumed lithified, as stated to be limestone, hill capping, and with limited diversity. | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, though presumably shallow water carbonate. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H.S. Ladd and E.J. Hoffmeister, presumably with others. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, or the USNM. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for echinoidea, gastropoda, bivalvia, bryozoa, brachiopoda, and decapoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, although somewhat antiquated. Regular use of subgenera and species level identifications. Nomenclature vetted by A. Hendy (1/2007). |
Metadata
Database number: | 68330 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-01-16 11:08:04 | Last modified: | 2008-01-26 19:01:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-16 11:08:04 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19610. | H. S. Ladd and J. E. Hoffmeister. 1945. Geology of Lau, Fiji. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |