Alaska Paleontological Database

Sample Detail

Sample:	Sample No. 66AYe-Y-13b
Locality:	Field No. 66AYe-Y-13b
Description:	West side of mouth of Lost River in SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4 sec. 26, T. 28 S., R. 34 E., Copper River meridian, Yakutat B-5 quad., Alaska. At community of Lost River, Alaska, 4.3 mi. SE of Yakutat Airport. Low phenoclast diamicton unit containing marine pelecypods (2,180 + or - 250 yrs. B.P.) and wood (500 + or - years B.P.). Coll. L.A. Yehle, 1966.
Location:	Alaska Quadrangle: Yakutat B-5 Township&Range: T28S R34E Section: SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4 Sec. 26

Reference

Title:	Report on Referred Fossils , 1972 (02/25)

Report by:	Warren O. Addicott
Referred by:	L. A. Yehle


Age:	Holocene
Formation:	Unnamed (Unnamed diamicton unit)





Comment:	This small pelecypod is circum-Arctic in distribution and ranges southward along the eastern Pacific coast as far south as San Francisco Bay, California. It is common in the upper part of the intertidal zone of bays, and is especially characteristic of brackish-water environments although it does range to depths of about 20 fathoms in offshore areas. It is usually found in silty substrates. This species ranges from the Pleistocene to the Holocene both in the North Atlantic and northeastern Pacific regions.