Where: Guam (13.5° N, 144.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 145.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Mariana Limestone Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mariana Limestone, which overlies the Alifan Limestone (Late Miocene) and is overlain by Quaternary beach deposits. AGE: Pleistocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From "detrital" facies of the Mariana Limestone.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors, including Cloud, Schmidt, and Burke (1948-1949, 1953), and Ladd (1958). REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections).
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 77935: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus
"Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Haliotis (Padollus) ovina Gmelin 1791 abalone
Haliotis (Padollus) cf. clathrata Reeve 1846 abalone | |
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera Linnaeus 1758 cerith snail | |
Turritella (Kurosioia) fileola turret shell |