Flying Fish Cove, about 500 feet above sea level (841) (Oligocene to of Christmas Island)

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

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry