ammonites
E-1 (0-100 ft), Eniwetok Atol (Holocene of Marshall Islands)

Where: Marshall Islands (11.4° N, 162.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° N, 162.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Holocene, on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list from several beds within this section of drill core, from 0-100 ft.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate facies. Shallow water, presumably reefal. No paleoenvironmental data presented.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sand, uncemented, made up largely of worn tests of beach-type foraminifera mixed with coral pebbles, mollusk shells, echinoid spines, Halimeda. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by ONR and USGS in 1952; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Office of Naval Research and USGS, 1952. 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 43306: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.08.2004

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