Plateau d'Unapong, Eromanga Island (Pleistocene of Vanuatu)

Where: Vanuatu (18.8° S, 169.1° E: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 169.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit (Tenmaru Limestone? - Pleistocene). AGE: Quaternary 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 Pleistocene interval.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, coral-rich, carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Calcareous, coral-rich, limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with calcite

Collected by de la Rüe in 1938

• COLLECTOR: E. A. de la Rüe (1938). 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 77906: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Rather antiquated, but with species-resolution assignments. Nomenclature updated by Ladd (1966, 1977, 1982) where possible.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Astraea (Astralium) rhodostoma1 Lamarck 1822 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Trochus (Infundibulum) calcaratus" = Infundibulum, "Trochus (Infundibulum) cf. tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus
"Trochus (Infundibulum) calcaratus" = Infundibulum top snail
"Trochus (Infundibulum) cf. tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus Kiener 1880 top snail
 Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
"Ricinula (Sistrum) concatenata" = Drupa, "Ricinula (Sistrum) cf. chaidea" = Drupa
"Ricinula (Sistrum) concatenata" = Drupa snail
"Ricinula (Sistrum) cf. chaidea" = Drupa snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus nodatus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Mitra (Turricula) sp." = Turricula
"Mitra (Turricula) sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Puncticulus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus (Puncticulus) arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
"Conus (Chelyconus) cf. catus" = Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
Conus (Pioconus) cf. magus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Erronea) cylindrica" = Erronea cylindrica2, "Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa2, "Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta, "Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta2
"Cypraea (Erronea) cylindrica" = Erronea cylindrica2 Born 1778 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa2 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta2 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Solidula sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Corbis fimbriata" = Fimbria
"Corbis fimbriata" = Fimbria clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama limbula Lamarck 1819 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hippopus hippopus Linnaeus 1758 cockle