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Sample:
Sample No. 78ACrII81 -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M7353
Locality:
Field No. 78ACrII81
Description:
River bluff 25 feet high on Fish Creek, consisting of 4 to 6 feet of marine mud overlain by 20 feet of pebbly sand; shells from the mud unit.
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Harrison Bay
B-4 Township&Range: T10N R1W Section: Sec. 6
Lat.: 70
o
15.18
'
Long.: 152
o
15.1
'
Reference
Title:
Report on Referred Fossils
, 1979 (05/24)
[Continued from part A-79-6M]
Report by:
Louie Marincovich , Jr.
Referred by:
L. David Carter
Age:
Pleistocene
Formation:
Gubik Formation
Comment:
All taxa still living along adjacent coatline in shallow water.
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
2
Bivalves
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
3
Bivalves
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)