Hole 2B, depth 1,245 feet, Bikini island (Miocene of Marshall Islands)
Where: Marshall Islands (11.6° N, 165.5° E: paleocoordinates 7.1° N, 175.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithology not reported
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: J. H. Johnson. 1954. Bikini and nearby atolls, Part 4. Paleontology: Fossil calcareous algae from Bikini atoll. United States Geological Survey professional paper 260-M 537-546 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/E. Ito]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 150322: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.09.2013
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Florideophyceae | |
Lithophyllum "sp. A" Philippi 1837 |