Where: Marshall Islands (11.7° N, 162.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 172.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Middle Miocene, on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from several beds within the section of drill core of 900-1000 ft.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; unlithified carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by ONR and USGS in 1952; reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: core,
• COLLECTOR: Office of Naval Research and USGS, 1952. REPOSITORY: USNM.
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 77987: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) corwini" = Pseudotorinia1
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"Nerita (Amphinerita) aff. polita" = Nerita (Linnerita) polita
"Nerita (Amphinerita) aff. polita" = Nerita (Linnerita) polita Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Rhinoclavis (Pseudovertagus) eniwetokensis" = Clava (Pseudovertagus)1, "Rhinoclavis (Pseudovertagus) floraensis" = Clava (Pseudovertagus)1, Bittium (Bittium) eniwetokensis1
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Iravadia gardnerae snail | |
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Tectarius (Subdilotectarius) rehderi Ladd 1966 periwinkle | |
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"Leptothyra emenana" = Collonista
"Leptothyra emenana" = Collonista snail | |
"Neritopsis (Neritopsis) radula" = Neritopsis radula
"Neritopsis (Neritopsis) radula" = Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail |