Vaini (Pleistocene of Tonga)
Where: Tonga (21.2° S, 175.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 175.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. M. Ostergaard. 1935. Recent and fossil marine Mollusca of Tongatabu. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 131:1-59 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96437: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Tellina cruciata tellin clam | |
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita Reeve 1845 cockle | |
Lithophaga corrugata mussel | |
Lima squamosa file clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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