Alutom Formation, Loc. Fk 4-2 (Eocene of Guam)

Where: Guam (13.4° N, 144.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 145.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Alutom Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: H. Johnson. 1964. Fossil and recent calcareous algae from Guam. Geological survey professional paper 403-G [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150008: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 30.08.2013

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium crispithallus" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium "sp. A"" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium marianae" = Lithothamnion, Lithothamnion cf. aggregatum
"Lithothamnium crispithallus" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium "sp. A"" = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
"Lithothamnium marianae" = Lithothamnion
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812