A-1 (0-100 ft), Eniwetok Atol (Holocene of Marshall Islands)

Where: Marshall Islands (11.6° N, 162.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° N, 162.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Holocene, on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from several beds within the section of drill core of 0-100 ft.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, carbonate facies.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not-reported. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by AEC in 1950; reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Atomic Energy Comission, 1950. 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 77996: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.01.2008

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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. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
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