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Stratigraphic range: Pleistocene
Kinds of fossils: Mollusks, barnacle
Quadrangle or area: Meade River, Wainwright & Barrow 2 deg quads, Alaska
Shipment No.: A-77-37M-A
Referred by: Williams, John R.
Report prepared by: Marincovich, Louie , Jr.
Date: 02/23/1978

Continued from A-77-37M

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77-AW1-72-2 (Cenozoic loc. M7165) , Wainwright , Exposure in modern estuary of Kugrua River, in bed of sand and fine gravel overlying black to blue-black clay that may be weathered Cretaceous rocks; SW 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 31, T. 16 N., R. 28 W., Wainwright (C-1) Quadrangle; Latitude 70 degs. 41.96 min. N; Longitude 159 degs. 12.95 min. W.
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linneaus
Macoma balthica (Linneaus)
77-AW1-96 (Cenozoic loc. M7166) , Barrow , Specimens from thaw lake northeast of Lake Tusikvoak, possibly derived from a *Sangamon?* shoreline deposit; NE 1/4 SW 1/4 Section 3, T. 20 N., R. 16 W.; Latitude 71 degs. 06.61 min. N; Longitude 156 degs. 03.34 min. W; Barrow (A-3) Quadrangle.
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Astarte sp.
77-AW1-115 (Cenozoic loc. M7172) , Meade River , Marine gravel above Cretaceous bedrock and beneath eolian (upper) and/or marine (lower? - covered) sand, west bank of Meade River at end of Meade River villate (Atkasook) airport; SE-1/4 NE-1/4 Section 19, T. 13 N., R. 21 W., Meade River (B-3) Quadrangle; Latitude 70 degs. 28.09 min. N; Longitude 157 degs. 23.30 min. W.
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Astarte sp.
?Mya sp.
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N. (N.) heros heros (Gray)
Tachyrhynchus erosus (Couthouy)
77-AW1-60 (Cenozoic loc. M7173) , Meade River , This collection and the following four are from the Inarua River area of the Meade River region. M7173 is on the north shore of lake with 8-foot banks of fine to medium brown sand; specimens from shoreline on fine gravel beach; NW-1/4 SW-1/4 Section 24, T. 16 N., R. 21 W., Meade River (C-3) Quadrangle: Latitude 70 degs. 43.44 min. N; Longitude 157 degs. 12.00 min. W.
Astarte borealis Schumacher
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
77-AW1-107-1 (Cenozoic loc. M7174) , Meade River , Specimens from gravels bars and Cretaceous sandstone at base of bluff along Inaru River (south); SW-1-4 SE1-4 Section 33, T. 17 N., R. 20 W., Meade River (D-2) Quadrangle; Latitude 70 degs. 46.65 min. N; Longitude 157 degs. 08.00 min. W.
Cyclocardia crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby)
Cyclocardia cf. C. crebricostata (Krause)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Macoma cf. M. balthica (Linneaus)
Astarte sp.
Admete sp.
Neptunea sp.
77-AW1-110 (Cenozoic loc. M7175) , Meade River , Specimens collected at riffle in Inaru River on Cretaceous sandstone; probably from gravel at base of sand bank; E-1/2 NW-1-4 Section 4, T. 15 N., R. 22 W., Meade River (C-3) Quadrangle; Latitude 70 deg. 41.18 min N; Longitude 157 degs. 35.00 min. W.
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Astarte sp.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Mya sp.
Neptunea sp.
?Buccinum sp.
?Colus sp.
Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller)
Barnacle
77-AW1-111 (Cenozoic loc. M7176) , Meade River , River bar, north bank Inaru River; SW-1/4 NW-1/4 Section 2, T. 15 N., R. 23 W., Meade River (C-3) Quadrangle; Latitude 70 degs. 41.52 min. N; Longitude 157 degs. 45.94 min. W.
Cyclocardia crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby)
Astarte borealis Schumacher
Astarte leffingwelli Dall
Macoma sp.
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Boreotrophon sp.
Tachyrhynchus erosus (Couthouy)
Neptunea sp.
Barnacle
77-AW1-112 (Cenozoic loc. M7177) , Meade River , Specimens from shore of pond along Inaru River; banks of fine sand slumped; SW-1/4 SW-1-4 Section 32, T. 16 N., R. 24 W., Meade River (C-4) Quadrangle; Latitude 70 degs. 41.62 min. N; Longitude 158 degs. 09.35 min. W.
Cyclocardia crassidens (Broderip & Sowerby)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
77-AW1-114 (Cenozoic loc. M7162) , Meade River , This locality and the following four are in coastal bluff and inland areas near Singaruak River (Sinaru), north of Skull Cliff. M7162 is along an unnamed creek bed near VABM St. Onge; SW-1.4 SW1/4 Section 24, T. 19 N., R. 21 W., Meade River (D-3) Quadrangle; Latitude 70 degs. 59.22 min. N; Longitude 157 degs. 17.83 min. W.
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
77-AW1-130 (Cenozoic loc. M7163) , Barrow , Float specimens from bed of Singaruak Creek, 1.8 miles from shore of Chukchi Sea; SE-1/4, NW-1/4 Section 33, T. 20 N., R. 20 W., Barrow (A05) Quadrangle; Latitude 71 degs. 02.82 min. N; Longitude 157 degs. 09.42. W.
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Astarte sp.
Indeterminate fragments
77-AW1-131-1 (Cenozoic loc. M7164) , Barrow , Exposure on shore of Chukchi Sea near mouth of Singaruak Creek; SW-1/4 NE-1/4 Section 30, T. 20 N., R. 20 W., Barrow (A-5) Quadrangle; Latitude 71 degs. 03.68 min. N; Longitude 157 degs. 13.33 min. W.
Macoma brota (Dall)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Spisula sp.
Macoma sp.
Astarte sp.
Clinocardium sp.
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Natica (Tectonatica) janthostoma Deshayes
Trichotropis bicarinata (Sowerby)
Admete cf. A. couthouyi (Jay)
Neptunea sp.
Tachyrhynchus erosus (Couthouy)
Trichotropis borealis Broderip & Sowerby
Boreotrophon sp.
Crepidula grandis Middendorff
Barnacle: 1 intact scutum