Where: United States Minor Outlying Islands (28.2° N, 177.4° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 176.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. Ngasawa, K. Mori, and K. Shindo. 2005. A dredged fossil rostrum of Mesoplodon with boring shell burrows from the ocean bottom off the Midway Islands in the North Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fossil Research 38(1):12-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70551: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.03.2007

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