K-1B (500-600 ft), Eniwetok Atol (Pliocene of Marshall Islands)

Where: Marshall Islands (11.7° N, 162.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 165.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early Pliocene, on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list from several beds within this section of drill core, from 500-600 ft.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate facies. Shallow water. No paleoenvironmental data presented.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, probably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by ONR and USGS in 1951; reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Office of Naval Research and USGS, 1951. 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 77989: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive for gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
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Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Lucilina russelli
Lucilina russelli Ladd 1966 chiton