Mariana Limestone (detrital facies) (Pleistocene of Guam)

Where: Guam (13.5° N, 144.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 145.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Mariana Limestone Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mariana Limestone, which overlies the Alifan Limestone (Late Miocene) and is overlain by Quaternary beach deposits. AGE: Pleistocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From "detrital" facies of the Mariana Limestone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Lagoonal detrital facies.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone facies. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors, including Cloud, Schmidt, and Burke (1948-1949, 1953), and 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 77935: 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.
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis (Padollus) ovina Gmelin 1791 abalone
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus
"Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera Linnaeus 1758 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae