Also known as USGS 24794, MWC40

Where: Vanuatu (15.2° S, 168.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 168.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waisia Limestone Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Waisia Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not known. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From an unknown position within the section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. 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 78049: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008

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