ammonites
Navaka River, Santo Island (Pleistocene of Vanuatu)

Also known as SM43, SM236, SM329

Where: Vanuatu (15.6° S, 166.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 166.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated reef limestones. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from several beds within the section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported

• EMVIRONMENT: Not stated, but presumably a shallow marine, carbonate setting.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but probably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Mallick, Waller, Bolango, and Blow. 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 78046: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008

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