Also known as SM259, SM309, USGS 26385
Where: Vanuatu (15.5° S, 167.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° S, 167.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated reef limestones. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from several beds within the section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Mallick; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: D.I.J. Mallick. 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 78044: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Oliva mustelina" = Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina1
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"Cymatium (Ranularia) gutturnium" = Ranularia2
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