Hole 2B, depth 2,503 feet, Bikini island: Early/Lower Miocene, Marshall Islands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum cf. fortunatum
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Geography
| Country: | Marshall Islands |
| Coordinates: | 11.6° North, 165.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.1° North, 179.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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
| Local section: | Hole 2B | Local bed: | 2,503 ft |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 150319 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-09-05 20:02:40 | Last modified: | 2013-09-05 05:02:40 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-12-05 20:02:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48088. | J. H. Johnson. 1954. Bikini and nearby atolls, Part 4. Paleontology: Fossil calcareous algae from Bikini atoll. United States Geological Survey professional paper 260-M 537-546 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/E. Ito] |