Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 74AHr 29F -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M6369
Locality: Field No. 74AHr 29F
Description: North end of cliffy section on the eastern coast of Hagemeister Island. Deposits badly slumped but apparently horizontal and about 50-100 feet thick. Fossils widely scattered and poorly preserved. Lat 56 42'53" N, long 160 46'35" W, Hagemeister Island (C-3) quad. Collected by J. M. Hoare and W. L. Coonrad, 1974.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Hagemeister Island C-3
Lat.: 56o42'53 " Long.: 160o46'35 "
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1974 (09/27)
Report by: Warren O. Addicott
Referred by: Warren L. Coonrad , Joseph M. Hoare
Age: Late Pliocene-Quaternary (Late Pliocene or Quaternary)
Comment:Age: late Pliocene or Quaternary. All of these mollusks are recorded from strata as old as late Pliocene and they range into the modern fauna of this region.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Snails Tachyrhynchus sp.
2 Bivalves Macoma calcarea (Gmelin)
3 Bivalves Mya cf. M. truncata Linne
4 Bivalves Mytilus sp.
5 Bivalves Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
6 Bivalves Undetermined fragment