Where: Tuvalu (8.5° S, 179.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.1° S, 177.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list from several beds within this section of drill core, from 1000-1100 ft.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Royal Society & Edgeworth in 1897; reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: core,
• COLLECTOR: Royal Society and T.W. Edgeworth, 1897. 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 78040: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Astraea (Astralium) rhodostoma Lamarck 1822 snail |