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Report on Referred Fossils
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Stratigraphic range: Eocene to Pleistocene
Kinds of fossils: Mollusks
Quadrangle or area: False Pass, Port Moller, Chignik, Trinity Islands, Bering Glacier, Middleton Island
Shipment No.: O-73-5M-a
Referred by: Hoskins, Cortez
Report prepared by: Addicott, Warren O.
Date: 03/06/1973

This report is based upon collections from the Alaska Peninsula and the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary Province (Sitkinak, Tugidak, and Wingham Islands and Cape Yakataga). The material was collected by Union Oil Co. during 1969 and 1971. Mesozoic material included in the shipment has been given to D.L. Jones for study.

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H69/51P (Cenozoic loc. M5169) , False Pass , Stratigraphic section along southeast shore of Alaska Peninsula between Morzhovoi Bay and Ikatan Bay, 44,000 ft S., 34,800 ft W. of lat. 55 degrees N., long. 163 degrees W. [Stratigraphic section A-2], False Pass 1 degree quad.
Scapander sp.
Clinocardium ciliatum (Fabricius)?
Mya truncata Linne
Naticid
Spisula sp.
?Yoldia sp.
Barnacle plates
H69/15P (Cenozoic loc. M5167) , False Pass , Stratigraphic section along southeast shore of Alaska Peninsula between Morzhovoi Bay and Ikatan Bay, 40,000 ft. S., 31,600 ft W. of lat. 55 degrees N., long. 163 degrees W. [Stratigraphic section A-1]. False Pass 1 degree qud.
Pelecypods: Indeterminate fragments
H69/70P (Cenozoic loc. M5166) , False Pass , Stratigraphic section at Cape Tachilni, Alaska Peninsula, 23,600 ft S., 16,800 ft E. of lat. 55 degrees N., long. 163 degrees W. [Stratigraphic section 5]. False Pass 1 degree quad.
Mya cf. M. priapus Tilesius
Undetermined venerid
H69/52P (Cenozoic loc. M5198) , False Pass , Stratigraphic section at Cap (see M5166 description). False Pass 1 degree quad.
?Macoma sp. - fragments
?Tellina sp. - fragments
H69/58 (Cenozoic loc. M5163) , False Pass , Alaska Peninsula, east of South Walrus Peak and about 2 1/2 miles inland from Sandy Cove, 10,000 ft S., 36,100 ft E. of lat 55 degrees N., long 163 degrees W., False Pass 1 degree quad.
Beringius hertleini MacNeil? - fragment
Buccinum sp.
Polinices sp.
Glycymeris cf. G. yessoensis (Sowerby)
Mya cf. M. priapus Tilesius
Spisula cf. S. polynyma voyi (Gabb)
Swiftopecten hertleini MacNeil
H69/465A1 (Cenozoic loc. M5176) , Port Moller , Alaska Peninsula, shoreline north-northeast of McGinty Point, 8,400 S., 7,800 ft E. of lat. 55 degrees 30 min N., long 161 degrees W. [Stratigraphic section A-14], Port Moller 1 degree quad.
Pelecypod: undetermined fragment
H69/508A (Cenozoic loc. M5177) , Port Moller , Alaska Peninsula, east shore of Beaver Bay and south of Kagayan Flats, 1,000 ft N., 38,000 ft E. of lat. 55 degrees 30 min N., long. 161 degrees W. [Stratigraphic section 19], Port Moller 1 degree quad.
Buccinum cf. B. plectrum Stimpson
Cardiid
Undetermined specimen
H69/380L (Cenozoic loc. M5174) , Port Moller , West shore of Herendeen Bay, north of Village Spit, from stratigraphic section following shoreline from a point 2,700 ft N. and 1,800 ft E. of SW cor. sec. 31, T. 50 S., R. 75 W., to a point 1,200 ft N. and 2,700 ft E. of SW. cor. sec. 25, T. 50 S., R. 76 W., Port Moller D-3 15 min quad.
Clinocardium ciliatum (Fabricius)
Macoma cf. M. obliqua (Sowerby)
Macoma cf. M. astori Dall
Mya sp.
Mytilus n. sp. aff. M. middendorffi Grewingk
H69/416 (Cenozoic loc. M5175) , Port Moller , South shore of Port Moller, north of Staniukovich Mountain, stratigraphic section following shoreline from a point 400 ft N. and 600 ft W. of SE. cor. sec. 8, T. 50 S., R. 73 W. to a point 900 ft W. of NE cor. sec. 18 of same township and range, Port Moller 15 min quad.
Spisula sp. - fragments
A71-5MF (Cenozoic loc. M5187) , Port Moller , Northeast shore of Port Moller, east of Moller Spit, 500 ft S., 1,800 ft. W. of NE. cor. sec. 24, T. 49 S., R. 72 W., Port Moller D-2 15 min. quad.
Naticid
Neptunea aff. N. pribiloffensis (Dall)
Turritella sp.
Acila sp.
Fortipecten mollerensis MacNeil
Macoma cf. M. calcarea Gmelin
Macoma aff. M. nasuta (Conrad)
?Macrocallista sp.
Mytilid - fragment
Spisula sp.
A71/151MF (Cenozoic loc. M5189) , Chignik , On east side of Yellow Bluff Creek near headwaters, 400 ft N., 2,500 ft W. of SE. cor. sec. 6, T. 42 S., R. 59 W., Chignik C-2 15 min quad.
Neptunea sp.
Clinocardium cf. C. decoratum (Grewingk)
Glycymeris gabbi Dall?
Mya cf. M. elegans (Eichwald)
Securella sp.
Pectinid - giant specimen, possibly Fortipecten
RW/71-103P (Cenozoic loc. M5184) , Chignik , 600 ft N., 1,100 ft east of SW. cor. sec. 11, T. 48 S., R. 69 W., Chignik A-7 15 min quad.
Pelecypods: Undetermined fragments
RW71/68P (Cenozoic loc. M5179) , Chignik , About 1-1 1/2 mi northeast of Milky River near headwaters, stratigraphic section from a point 1,500 ft N. and 2,000 ft E. of SW. cor. sec. 16, T. 48 S., R. 68 W., to a point 1,900 ft S. and 800 ft W. of NE. cor. sec. 16 of the same township and range, Chignik A-6 15 min quad.
Clinocardium cf. C. decoratum (Grewingk)
RW71/112P (Cenozoic loc. M5185) , Chignik , From same stratigraphic section as M5179 (above), Chignik A-6 15 min quad.
Mytilus n. sp. afff. M. middendorffi Grewingk
Macoma sp.
?Volutopsius sp.
RW71/80P (Cenozoic loc. M5181) , Chignik , About 1-1/2 mi northeast of Milky River and 2 mi north of M5179, from stratigraphic section starting at a point 1,200 ft N., 1,200 ft E. of SW. cor. sec. 4, T. 48 S., R. 68 W., to a point 1,800 ft S. and 2,900 ft W. of NE. cor. sec. 4, T. 48 S., R. 68 W., Chignik A-6 15 min quad.
Cardiid
Mya sp. - fragment
Panomya sp.
RW71/76P (Cenozoic loc. M5180) , Port Moller , About 1/4 mi south-southeast of triangulation station Sundean on northeast shore of Right Head of Port Moller, 200 ft N., 2,500 ft W. of SE. cor. sec. 30, T. 50 S., R. 71 W., Port Moller D-1 15 min quad.
Mytilus n. sp. aff. M. middendorffi Grewingk
H69/943P (Cenozoic loc. M5178) , Trinity Islands , South side Sitkinak Island from a stratigraphic section following the shoreline and starting at a point 500 ft S., 18,500 ft E. of lat 56 degrees 30 min N. and long 154 degrees 20 min W. and ending at a point 25,700 ft E. of these coordinates, Trinity Islands C-1 15 min quad.
Turritella sp.
Cyclocardia sp.
AS/403 (Cenozoic loc. M5190) , Bering Glacier , Cape Yakataga, 3,500 ft S., 800 ft W. of NE. cor. sec. 25, T. 21 S., R. 17 E., Bering Glacier A-4 quad.
Lituyapecten poulcreekensis MacNeil
GG/107 (Cenozoic loc. M5191) , Middleton Island , South end of Wingham Island, from a stratigraphic section along shoreline starting at a point 3,500 ft S., and 6,700 ft E. of lat. 60 degrees N., long. 144 degrees 20 min W. and ending at a point 1,500 ft S., 10,000 ft E. of the same coordinates, Middleton Island D-1 and D-2 15 min quad.
Ficopsis cf. F. meganosensis packardi Merriam and Turner
Polinices sp.
?Turritella sp. - very acute apical angle
Dentalium sp. - giant, smooth-shelled species
H69/837 (Cenozoic loc. M5164) , Trinity Islands , South end of Tugidak Island, 10,600 ft N., 12,100 ft E. of SE. cor. of Trinity Islands B-3 and C-3 quad. [lat. 56 degrees 22.5 min N. and long 154 degrees 40 min W.]
Cryptonatica clausa (Broderip and Sowerby)
Latisipho sp.
Neptunea cf. N. lyrata (Gmelin)
Neptunea n. sp. aff. N. lyrata and N. pribiloffensis (Dall)
Clinocardium ciliatum (Fabricius)
Macoma brota lipara Dall
Balanus sp.