Where: Marshall Islands (11.4° N, 162.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 176.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Eocnee, on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list from several beds within this section of drill core, from 2800-2900 ft.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by ONR and USGS in 1952; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: core,
• COLLECTOR: Office of Naval Research and USGS, 1952. 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 77983: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella (Turritella) aff. cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
"Turritella (Turritella) aff. cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell |