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La Digue Island, Seychellesi
Regional Level Types
La Digue IslandIsland
SeychellesCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
441796
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:441796:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
La Digue, Seychelles
German:
La Digue, Seychellen
Italian:
La Digue, Seychelles
Russian:
Ла-Диг, Сейшельские Острова
Simplified Chinese:
拉迪格岛, 塞舌尔
Spanish:
La Digue, Seychelles
Arabic:
لا ديغو, سيشيل
Armenian:
Լա Դիգ, Սեյշելներ
Asturian:
La Digue, Seixeles
Bulgarian:
Диг, Сейшели
Catalan:
La Digue, Seychelles
Cebuano:
La Digue, Seychelles
Czech:
La Digue, Seychely
Dutch:
La Digue, Seychellen
Egyptian Arabic:
لا ديجو, سيشيل
Esperanto:
La Digue, Sejŝeloj
Estonian:
La Digue'i saar, Seišellid
Galician:
La Digue, Seixeles
Georgian:
ლა-დიგი, სეიშელის კუნძულები
Greek:
Λα Ντιγκ, Σεϋχέλλες
Hebrew:
לה דיג, סיישל
Hungarian:
La Digue-sziget, Seychelle-szigetek
Japanese:
ラ・ディーグ島, セーシェル
Korean:
라디그섬, 세이셸
Lithuanian:
La Digas, Seišeliai
Polish:
La Digue, Seszele
Portuguese:
La Digue, Seychelles
Romanian:
Districtul La Digue, Seychelles
Slovak:
La Digue, Seychely
Swedish:
La Digue, Seychellerna
Traditional Chinese:
拉迪格島, 塞舌爾
Turkish:
La Digue, Seyşeller
Ukrainian:
Ла-Діг, Сейшельські острови


A granitic island.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences13
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.13 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Porites
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Cellana
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nacellidae : Cellana0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Nerita
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Nerita0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Turbo
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Turbinidae : Turbo0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Conus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Tridacna
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Tridacna0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Sporolithon
genus
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Dendropoma
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vermetidae : Dendropoma0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Littorina scabra
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinidae : Littorina : Littorina scabra0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Morula granulata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Tenguella : Tenguella granulata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Trochus virgatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochidae : Trochus : Trochus virgatus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Dipsastraea favus
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Dipsastraea : Dipsastraea favus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Nerita (Ritena) plicata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritidae : Nerita : Nerita (Ritena) plicata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Digue
Wikidata ID:Q581154
GeoNames ID:241310


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