Where: Vanuatu (17.7° S, 168.4° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° S, 168.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Quaternary (subfossils) in Abrard (1946), presumably on the basis of stratigraphic position, and foraminiferal and macrofossil affinities to other dated Indo-Pacific faunas (e.g. Fiji). Assigned here to a Holocene interval.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with calcite
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 77907: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Nerita (Odontostoma) filosa, "Nerita (Odontostoma) lineata" = Nerita balteata
Nerita (Odontostoma) filosa Reeve 1855 snail
"Nerita (Odontostoma) lineata" = Nerita balteata Reeve 1855 snail | |
"Turbo (Senectus) radiatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus
"Turbo (Senectus) radiatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
"Cerithium (Pithocerithium) petrosum" = Clypeomorus petrosum, Cerithium (Pithocerithium) morum
"Cerithium (Pithocerithium) petrosum" = Clypeomorus petrosum Wood 1828 cerith snail
Cerithium (Pithocerithium) morum cerith snail | |
Peristernia spinosa snail
Peristernia ustulata Reeve 1847 snail | |
"Nassa arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia, "Nassa (Acicularia) globosa" = Nassarius (Nassarius) globosa, "Nassa (Alectrion) monile" = Nassarius (Alectrion)
"Nassa arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Nassa (Acicularia) globosa" = Nassarius (Nassarius) globosa Quoy and Gaimard 1834 snail
"Nassa (Alectrion) monile" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail | |
"Mitra (Turricula) plicaria" = Turricula
"Mitra (Turricula) plicaria" = Turricula snail | |
"Drillia (Clavus) cf. auriculifera" = Clavus
"Drillia (Clavus) cf. auriculifera" = Clavus snail | |
"Conus (Lithoconus) cf. flavidus" = Conus flavidus
"Conus (Lithoconus) cf. flavidus" = Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 cone shell | |
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta, "Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta, "Cypraea (Lyncina) argus" = Arestorides argus
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Lyncina) argus" = Arestorides argus Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Strombus (Canarium) floridus" = Canarium, "Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus, Strombus (Conomurex) luhuanus
"Strombus (Canarium) floridus" = Canarium true conch
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
Strombus (Conomurex) luhuanus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
"Codakia (Jagonia) divergens" = Ctena (Ctena) divergens
"Codakia (Jagonia) divergens" = Ctena (Ctena) divergens Philippi 1850 clam | |
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Chama limbula Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Spondylus ducalis scallop |