Where: Christmas Island (10.4° S, 105.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° S, 105.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oligocene to Oligocene (33.9 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C. Andrews in 1897
Primary reference: R. B. Newton. 1900. Fossil Mollusca from the reef-limestones of Christmas Island. In C.W. Andrews (ed.), A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) 201-205 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209827: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry |