Where: Micronesia, Federated States of (9.6° N, 138.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 138.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: CN 4 nannofossil zone, Map Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• In addition to the abundant Cyclicargolithus floridanus, Sphenolithus heteromorphus is also abundant or common in these samples. Because of the presence of the latter species, the nannoflora observed in these samples are identifiable to that of the late Early Miocene Zone CN 3 or early Middle Miocene Zone CN 4 (Okada and Bukry, 1980). According to Berggren et al. (1995), these two zones range from 18.2 to 13.6 Ma in age. The first occurrence of Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus generally occurs within Zone CN 4. Sample 14-d in which rare specimens identifiable to this species occurred is possibly assignable to the lower Middle Miocene sediment.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified lime mudstone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section
Primary reference: K. Fujioka, H. Matsuoka, G. Kimura, A. Takeuchi, H. Matsugi and H. Okada. 1998. Age constraint on the obduction of ophiolitic rocks in the Yap Island, Philippine Sea, using nannofossils. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 104:415-418 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191884: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Coccolithophyceae | |
Sphenolithus heteromorphus, Sphenolithus moriformis, Sphenolithus compactus, Cyclicargolithus floridanus
Sphenolithus heteromorphus Deflandre 1953
Sphenolithus moriformis Bronnimann and Stradner 1960
Sphenolithus compactus Backman 1980
Cyclicargolithus floridanus Roth and Hay 1967 | |
Coccolithus miopelagicus, Coccolithus pelagicus, Discoaster deflandrei, Discoaster adamanteus, Discoaster variabilis
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
Discoaster deflandrei Bramlette and Riedel 1954
Discoaster adamanteus Bramlette and Wilcoxon 1967
Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963 | |
Reticulofenestra | |
Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus Gartner 1967 | |
Calcidiscus macintyrei Bukry and Bramlette 1969 |