78-AWL-213
(Cenozoic loc. M7308)
, Wainwright
, Exposure along stream cut into raised beach deposit; perhaps an offshore bar related to 29 m shoreline inland. Lies above and predates Sangamon? shoreline. Draw is 0.5 km from Kasegaluk Lagoon and midway between abandoned settlements of Kilamantavi and Mitliktavik. Latitude 70 deg. 26 min. 2.7 sec N; Longitude 160 deg 32 min 23.3 sec. W. T. 13 N., R. 34 W., NW-1/4 of SE-1/4 section 36, Warnwright (B-3) quadrangle. Specimens from float.
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?Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
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Neptunea (Neptunea) lyrata leffingwelli (Dall)
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Natica (Tectonatica) janthostoma Broderip & Sowerby
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Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) heros heros (Gray) - juveniles
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Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
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?Clinocardium sp. - fragment
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78-AWL-256
(Cenozoic loc. M7309)
, Meade River
, Along west bank Meade River, 32 km south of Atkasuk; shells in 30-cm-plus thick bed lying on Cretaceous bedrock and mantled with eolian sand; locality about 15 m above river level; SW-1/4 NW-1/4 section 25, T. 10 N., R. 21 W., Meade Rvier (A-2) quadrangle; Latitude 70 deg. 11 min. 35.5 sec. N; Longitude 157 deg. 07 min. 17.1 sec. W. Gubik Formation.
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Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
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78-AWL-258
(Cenozoic loc. M7310)
, Meade River
, Float specimens from east bank of abandoned oxbow of Meade River, 100 km from modern ocean and about 15 m above sea level; NW-1/4 section 28, T. 8 N., R. 21 W., Meade River (A-2) quadrangle; Latitude 70 deg. 01 min. 26.6 sec. N; Longitude 157 deg. 09 min. 03.2 sec. W. Gubik Formation.
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Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus) - fragments
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Macoma cf. M. calcarea (Gmelin) - fragment
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78-AWL-267
(Cenozoic loc. M7311)
, Meade River
, Fossiliferous sand and clay about two feet above river level, and very close to bedrock, along east bank of Kucheak Creek about 11 km above confluence with Inaru River, in an overgrown sand bank. Probably represents basal part of Gubik.
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Astarte borealis Schumacher
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Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
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Neptunea (Neptunea) heros subspecies? - fragment
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78-AWL-273
(Cenozoic loc. M7312)
, Meade River
, Bluff at draw in cliff 2.65 km SW along coast from VABM SKULL at Skull Cliff; shells from near base of 5 m-thick section lying on Cretaceous shales; NE-1/4 SW-1/4 section 21, T. 18 N., R. 22 W., Meade River (D-3) quadrangle; Latitude 70 deg. 53 min. 38.2 sec. N; Longitude 157 deg. 40 min. 51.6 sec. W.
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Serripes laperousii (Deshayes) - fragments of 10 valves
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78-AWL-275
(Cenozoic loc. M7313)
, Meade River
, Cliff in gully 0.9 km NE along coast from VABM SKULL at Skull Cliff; Gubik section is 3.18 m thick, mollusks were collected from lowest 5 cm or less of rounded basal gravel resting on Cretaceous sandstone; NEPTUNEA specimen from slumped material, other mollusks in situ; NW-1/4, NW-1/4 section 14, T. 18 N., R. 22 W., Meade River (D-3) quadrangle; Latitude 70 deg. 55 min. 07.8 sec. N; Longitude 157 deg. 36 min. 07.4 sec. W.
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Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
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Admete cf. A. regina Dall
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Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
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Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
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Serripes laperousii (Deshayes)
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Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
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78-AWL-227A
(Cenozoic loc. M7314)
, Meade River
, Exposure at corner formed by sea cliff and draw, 6.4 km northeast along coast from VABM SKULL near Skull Cliff; Gubik section is 5.3 m thick here, sample 277A comes from 15-cm-thick bed of beach gravel low in section, Cretaceous shale is basement rock; SW-1/4, SE-1/4 section 31, T. 19 N., R. 22 W., Meade River (D-3) quadrangle. Latitude 70 deg. 57 min. 36.3 sec. N; Longitude 157 deg. 29 min. 28.6 sec. W.
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Serripes laperousii (Deshayes) - fragments
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Astarte sp. - fragments, juveniles
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Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
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78-AWL-277B
(Cenozoic loc. M7315)
, Meade River
, Same locality as M7314, above, but mollusks are from highest exposed Gubik unit, consisting of 5 m of sand overlying the 15-cm beach gravel bed of M7314.
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Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
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Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
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Obesotoma cf. O. tenuilirata (Dall)
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Boreotrophon cf. B. truncatus (Stroem)
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Buccinum cf. B. tenellum Dall
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Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
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Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
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Serripes laperousii (Deshayes)
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Macoma (Macoma) cf. M.(M.) brota Dall
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