K-1 & K-1B (0-100 ft), Eniwetok Atol (Holocene of Marshall Islands)

Where: Marshall Islands (11.7° N, 162.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 163.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Holocene, on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list from several beds within this section of drill core, from 0-100 ft.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal, calcareous conglomerate

• ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate facies. Shallow water. No paleoenvironmental data presented.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gravel, coarse, unconsolidated; made up of fragments of nodular encrusting algal and branching coral, fresh shells, and segments of algae. 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 and S.O. Schlanger. 1960. Drilling operations on Eniwetok Atoll. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 260(Y):863-903 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43325: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive of bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Mixture of some slightly antiquated and broad identifications and more modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications from an authoritative publication. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
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Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta
"Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta" = Monetaria moneta Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp.
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box