Where: Fiji (18.2° S, 177.5° E: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 177.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Cave infill. "Preliminary optically stimulated luminescent dates from voli Voli Cave indicate an age of 10,000-20,000 years ago for the fossiliferous clay (Anderson et al., 2001).
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: T. H. Worthy, A. J. Anderson, and R. E. Molnar. 1999. Megafaunal expression in a land without mammals - the first fossil faunas from terrestrial deposits in Fiji (Vertebrata: Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves. Senckenbergiana biologica 79(2):237-242 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26129: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 04.10.2002, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog | |
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Candoia bibroni boa | |
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