Where: Vanuatu (15.6° S, 167.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 166.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated reef limestones. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. Very well-preserved ahermatypic corals (Flabellum spp.) collected in 2006 from Kere 2 have been dated by the Uranium/Thorium method and established an age of 232 +/- 10 ka. The same species of coral from the overlying deposit of Kere 1 gave an age of 133 +/- 5.5 ka. These reliable benchmarks suggest that the Kere sequence was deposited during the warmer Marine Isotope Stages (also named OIS for "Oxygen Isotope Stage") MIS 7 (Kere 2) and MIS 5 (Kere 1). (Lozouet et al., 2011). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: The classic Kere Shellbed (Kere 1)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: unlithified, shelly/skeletal, silty, calcareous gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by T.R. Waller, J. Bolango, W.C. Blow; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, including: Waller, Bolango, and Blow. 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 78043: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata | |
Lacazella "sp. 2"1 Munier-Chalmas 1881 | |
Terebratulina "sp. 2"1 d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Frenulina sp.1 Dall 1894 | |
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? Craniscus aff. japonicus1 Adams 1863 | |
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Mangonuia kerensis3, Mangonuia sp.3, Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima3, Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) aff. euprepes3
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Natica (Natica) vitellus3, Natica (Natica) areolata3, "Natica (Tectonatica) aff. violacea" = Tectonatica3, Mammilla melanostoma2, Neverita albumen3
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"Trivirostra (Dolichupis) producta" = Dolichupis producta3
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Cypraea (Lyncina) porteri2, "Cypraea (Notadusta) punctata" = Notadusta punctata3, "Cypraea (Erronea) pulchella" = Adusta pulchella3, "Cypraea (Erronea) cf. pyriformis" = Erronea pyriformis3, "Cypraea (Erronea) gracilis" = Purpuradusta gracilis3, Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata2, Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola2
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Volva (Volva) volva3, Crenavolva (Serratovolva) imitablis3, Dentiovula tadashigei3, Ovula ishibashii3, Phenacovolva longirostrata3
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"Trivia (Trivirostra) oryza" = Trivirostra oryza2
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Vexillum (Costellaria) cf. bellum3, Vexillum (Costellaria) amanda2, Vexillum (Pusia) millecostatum3, Vexillum (Vexillum) coccineum3, Vexillum (Costellaria) polygonum3
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Hindsia sinensis3, Phos bakeri3, Metula kerensis3, Metula santoensis3, Metula cf. mitrella3, Colubraria maculosa3, Colubraria obscura3, Colubraria tortuosa3, Colubraria rehderi3, Siphonofusus walleri3
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Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus3, Nassarius (Zeuxis) vitiensis2, "Nassarius (Alectrion) barsdelli" = Nassarius (Zeuxis) barsdelli3, Nassarius (Alectrion) glans3, Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus3, Nassarius (Uzita) verbeeki2, Nassarius (Niotha) nodiferus3, Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus3
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Fusinus colus3, Peristernia nassatula2, Latirus craticulatus3, Latirus paetelianus3, Latirus cf. formosior3, Latirus polygonus3
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Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) acuta3, "Lophiotoma (Lophioturris) indica" = Lophiotoma3, Turris crispa3, Gemmula kieneri3
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Conus acueliformis3, Conus cf. emaciatus3, Conus excelsus3, Conus geographus3, Conus gloriamaris3, Conus gracilis3, Conus grangeri3, Conus gubernator3, Conus kimioi3, Conus macarae3, Conus mucronatus3, Conus ochroleucus3, Conus praecellens3, Conus recluzianus3, Conus aff. saecularis3, Conus sulcatus3, Conus quercinus3, Conus cf. coelinae3, Conus corrugatus3, Conus ammiralis3, Conus cf. pertusus3, "Conus figulinus" = Conus (Dendroconus) figulinus3, Conus acutangulus3, Conus cf. catus3, "Conus cf. eugrammatus" = Conasprella (Conasprella) eugrammata3, "Conus vimineus" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus3, "Conus orbignyi" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) orbignyi3
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"Terebra (Strioterebrum) torquata" = Strioterebrum3, "Terebra (Oxymeris) cf. felina" = Terebra3, Terebra (Terebra) subulata3, "Terebra (Myurella) pretiosa" = Terebra3, "Terebra (Myurella) alveolata" = Terebra3, Terebra (Myurella) myuros3, Terebra (Microtrypetes) kerensis3, Terebra (Strioterebrum) nebulosa3, "Terebra (Oxymeris) interlineata" = Subula (Oxymeris)3, Terebra (Triplostephanus) triseriata3
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"Coralliophila mallicki" = Coralliophila (Coralliophila) mallicki3, Chicoreus axicornis3, Chicoreus cf. superbus3, "Pterynotus (Naquetia) barclayi" = Chicoreus (Naquetia)3, Murex (Murex) pecten3, Murex (Murex) tribulus3, Murex (Murex) retirostris3, "Latiaxis (Tolema) blowi" = Babelomurex (Babelomurex) blowi3, Drupa (Morula) granulata2, "Mancinella aff. bufo" = Purpura bufo3
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"Tibia (Tibia) powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi3
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"Distorsio (Rhysema) reticulata" = Distorsio2
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"Bursa (Colubrellina) margaritula" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) margaritula2, Bursa bufonia3, Bursa rubeta3
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