K-1 & K-1B (100-200 ft), Eniwetok Atol (Pleistocene of Marshall Islands)

Where: Marshall Islands (11.7° N, 162.3° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° N, 168.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Pleistocene, on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list from several beds within this section of drill core, from 100-200 ft.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate facies. Shallow water, presumably reefal. No paleoenvironmental data presented.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coral, partly recrystalized. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: recrystallized

Collected by ONR and USGS in 1951; reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Office of Naval Research and USGS, 1951. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: H. S. Ladd and S.O. Schlanger. 1960. Drilling operations on Eniwetok Atoll. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 260(Y):863-903 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43327: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive of bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Mixture of some slightly antiquated and broad identifications and more modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications from an authoritative publication. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
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Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
Heliopora sp.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop