Goikul Peninsula [Palau Limestone] (Miocene of Palau)

Also known as USGS 21301, 21304, 21308, 21310

Where: Palau (7.4° N, 134.6° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 134.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Palau Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Palau Limestone, which unconformably overlies the Ngeremlengui Fm (Oligocene) and is overlain by the Peleliu Fm. AGE: Late Miocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From base of Palau Limestone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, tuffaceous marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow subtidal carbonate facies.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Tuffaceous marl facies. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, not stated, but based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Ladd in 1958; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: H.S. Ladd (1958). REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections).

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 77930: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not quite exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropods. Bivalves not covered in publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with moderately modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Schizochitonidae
Schizochiton incisus Sowerby 1841 chiton
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
"Lucilina "sp. A"" = Tonicia (Lucilina)
"Lucilina "sp. A"" = Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall 1882 chiton
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum "sp. A"2 Röding 1798 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) merkana" = Macrophragma1
"Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) merkana" = Macrophragma1 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora (Mastonia) cingulifera1, "Triphora (Inella) "sp. A"" = Inella1, "Triphora (Inella) pyramidalis" = Inella1
"Triphora (Inella) "sp. A"" = Inella1 Bayle 1878 snail
"Triphora (Inella) pyramidalis" = Inella1 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Barleeiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus insculptus3 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Marginella (Eratoidea) ringicula" = Eratoidea3
"Marginella (Eratoidea) ringicula" = Eratoidea3 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Peristernia ustulata2 Reeve 1847 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) amanda2 Reeve 1845 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima "sp. A"3 Risso 1826 snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) corwini" = Pseudotorinia1
"Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) corwini" = Pseudotorinia1 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Seguenzioidea - Seguenziidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae