Where: Vanuatu (15.6° S, 167.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 166.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated reef limestones. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. Very well-preserved ahermatypic corals (Flabellum spp.) collected in 2006 from Kere 2 have been dated by the Uranium/Thorium method and established an age of 232 +/- 10 ka. The same species of coral from the overlying deposit of Kere 1 gave an age of 133 +/- 5.5 ka. These reliable benchmarks suggest that the Kere sequence was deposited during the warmer Marine Isotope Stages (also named OIS for "Oxygen Isotope Stage") MIS 7 (Kere 2) and MIS 5 (Kere 1). (Lozouet et al., 2011). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: The classic Kere Shellbed (Kere 1)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: unlithified, shelly/skeletal, silty, calcareous gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by T.R. Waller, J. Bolango, W.C. Blow; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, including: Waller, Bolango, and Blow. 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 78043: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Craniata | |
? Craniscus aff. japonicus1 Adams 1863 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Frenulina sp.1 Dall 1894 | |
Terebratulina "sp. 2"1 d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Lacazella "sp. 2"1 Munier-Chalmas 1881 | |
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Mangonuia kerensis3, Mangonuia sp.3, Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima3, Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) aff. euprepes3
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Neverita albumen3, Mammilla melanostoma2, "Natica (Tectonatica) aff. violacea" = Tectonatica3, Natica (Natica) vitellus3, Natica (Natica) areolata3
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Fusinus colus3, Peristernia nassatula2, Latirus craticulatus3, Latirus paetelianus3, Latirus cf. formosior3, Latirus polygonus3
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Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus3, Nassarius (Alectrion) glans3, Nassarius (Uzita) verbeeki2, Nassarius (Niotha) nodiferus3, Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus3, Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus3, Nassarius (Zeuxis) vitiensis2, "Nassarius (Alectrion) barsdelli" = Nassarius (Zeuxis) barsdelli3
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Colubraria maculosa3, Colubraria obscura3, Colubraria tortuosa3, Colubraria rehderi3, Siphonofusus walleri3, Phos bakeri3, Hindsia sinensis3, Metula kerensis3, Metula santoensis3, Metula cf. mitrella3
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"Terebra (Strioterebrum) torquata" = Strioterebrum3, "Terebra (Oxymeris) cf. felina" = Terebra3, "Terebra (Oxymeris) interlineata" = Subula (Oxymeris)3, Terebra (Terebra) subulata3, Terebra (Strioterebrum) nebulosa3, "Terebra (Myurella) pretiosa" = Terebra3, "Terebra (Myurella) alveolata" = Terebra3, Terebra (Myurella) myuros3, Terebra (Triplostephanus) triseriata3, Terebra (Microtrypetes) kerensis3
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"Conus orbignyi" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) orbignyi3, "Conus vimineus" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus3, "Conus cf. eugrammatus" = Conasprella (Conasprella) eugrammata3, Conus acueliformis3, Conus cf. emaciatus3, Conus excelsus3, Conus geographus3, Conus gloriamaris3, Conus gracilis3, Conus grangeri3, Conus gubernator3, Conus kimioi3, Conus macarae3, Conus mucronatus3, Conus ochroleucus3, Conus praecellens3, Conus recluzianus3, Conus aff. saecularis3, Conus sulcatus3, Conus ammiralis3, Conus corrugatus3, Conus acutangulus3, Conus quercinus3, Conus cf. catus3, Conus cf. coelinae3, "Conus figulinus" = Conus (Dendroconus) figulinus3, Conus cf. pertusus3
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Turris crispa3, Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) acuta3, "Lophiotoma (Lophioturris) indica" = Lophiotoma3, Gemmula kieneri3
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Vexillum (Costellaria) cf. bellum3, Vexillum (Vexillum) coccineum3, Vexillum (Costellaria) polygonum3, Vexillum (Costellaria) amanda2, Vexillum (Pusia) millecostatum3
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"Mancinella aff. bufo" = Purpura bufo3, Drupa (Morula) granulata2, Murex (Murex) pecten3, Murex (Murex) tribulus3, Murex (Murex) retirostris3, Chicoreus axicornis3, Chicoreus cf. superbus3, "Pterynotus (Naquetia) barclayi" = Chicoreus (Naquetia)3, "Coralliophila mallicki" = Coralliophila (Coralliophila) mallicki3, "Latiaxis (Tolema) blowi" = Babelomurex (Babelomurex) blowi3
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"Tibia (Tibia) powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi3
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"Trivia (Trivirostra) oryza" = Trivirostra oryza2
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Volva (Volva) volva3, Ovula ishibashii3, Phenacovolva longirostrata3, Crenavolva (Serratovolva) imitablis3, Dentiovula tadashigei3
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"Trivirostra (Dolichupis) producta" = Dolichupis producta3
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"Cypraea (Erronea) pulchella" = Adusta pulchella3, "Cypraea (Erronea) cf. pyriformis" = Erronea pyriformis3, "Cypraea (Erronea) gracilis" = Purpuradusta gracilis3, Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri2, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola2, Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata2, "Cypraea (Notadusta) punctata" = Notadusta punctata3
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"Distorsio (Rhysema) reticulata" = Distorsio2
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"Bursa (Colubrellina) margaritula" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) margaritula2, Bursa rubeta3, Bursa bufonia3
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