Auluptagel Island [Palau Limestone] (Miocene of Palau)

Where: Palau (7.3° N, 134.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 134.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Palau Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Palau Limestone, which unconformably overlies the Ngeremlengui Fm (Oligocene) and is overlain by the Peleliu Fm. AGE: Late Miocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the Palau Limestone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow subtidal carbonate facies.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone facies. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Ladd in 1958; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: H.S. Ladd (1958). REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections).

Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77932: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not quite exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropods. Bivalves not covered in publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with moderately modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita (Ritena) palauensis
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides tayamaia
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Tricornis) maximus