Alifan Limestone, Loc. Hn 7-2, D916: Late/Upper Miocene, Guam
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Sporolithales
- Sporolithaceae
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Archaeolithothamnion cf. puntiense
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| synonym of Archaeolithothamnium | |||||||
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinaceae
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Corallina informal sp. A
Linnaeus 1758
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum informal sp. F
Philippi 1837
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Geography
| Country: | Guam |
| Coordinates: | 13.4° North, 144.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.4° North, 146.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Alifan Limestone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 150004 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-08-30 21:55:56 | Last modified: | 2013-09-03 05:08:08 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-11-30 21:55:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48044. | H. Johnson. 1964. Fossil and recent calcareous algae from Guam. Geological survey professional paper 403-G [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |