Umatac Formation, Loc. Ed 4-1, D891: Early/Lower Miocene, Guam
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum maemongense
Johnson 1964
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Guam |
Coordinates: | 13.3° North, 144.7° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 13.2° North, 147.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Umatac | Member: | Maemong Limestone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 150157 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2013-09-02 18:33:58 | Last modified: | 2013-09-02 03:33:58 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-12-02 18:33:58 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
48044. | H. Johnson. 1964. Fossil and recent calcareous algae from Guam. Geological survey professional paper 403-G [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |