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Barrigada Limestone, Guam, USA

FormationBarrigada Limestone
Age:11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
IntervalLate Miocene
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Cabras IslandGuam, USABarrigada Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Alifian Limestone - Talisay11.6 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
limestone19
Mariana Limestone2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
limestone, grainstone57
Mariana Limestone - Agana2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
limestone9

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Mitra (Nebularia) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitridae : Mitra : Mitra (Nebularia)11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Turritella : Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

References

Ladd H. S. (1966) Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531, 1-98
Ladd H. S. (1977) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533, 1-84
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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