ammonites
Malekula [Malua Formation] (Pliocene of Vanuatu)

Where: Vanuatu (16.3° S, 167.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° S, 167.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Malua Formation (Matamaute Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Malua Fm, which regionally underlies the Tenmaru Limestone (Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene in Abrard (1946) and supported by Ladd (1966, 1977, 1982), presumably on the basis of foraminiferal and macrofossil affinities to other dated Indo-Pacific faunas (e.g. Fiji).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, volcaniclastic, argillaceous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Argillaceous and volcanoclastic sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

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 77904: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.01.2008

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