Station 4, Tongatabu: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Tonga
collected by Ostergaard
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus (Trochus) tubiferus
Kiener 1880
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| recombined as Infundibulum tubiferus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ladd 1977 | ||||||
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Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola
Linnaeus 1758
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Ladd 1977 | ||||||
| recombined as Lyncina carneola | |||||||
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Cypraea (Luria) isabella
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ladd 1977 | ||||||
| recombined as Luria isabella | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Nassa serta
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Ladd 1977 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tonga |
| Coordinates: | 21.2° South, 175.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.2° South, 175.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From undifferentiated Quaternary reef limestones. AGE: Late Pleistocene on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate facies. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Ostergaard |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Ostergaard. REPOSITORY: Bishop Museum. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not quite exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropods. Bivalves not covered in publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with moderately modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | B.P. 202950 | ||
| Database number: | 78076 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-26 17:55:31 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-01-26 17:55:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26223. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 11410 | H. S. Ladd. 1977. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533:1-84 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/J. Millet] |