Also known as USGS 24794, MWC40
Where: Vanuatu (15.2° S, 168.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° S, 168.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waisia Limestone Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Waisia Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not known. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From an unknown position within the section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: USNM.
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 78049: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Cerithium (Thericium) ruppelli" = Thericium1
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"Strombus (Laveistrombus) canarium" = Laevistrombus canarium1
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