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Stratigraphic range: Pleistocene, Holocene
Kinds of fossils: Mollusks, worm tubes, barnacles, etc.
Quadrangle or area: Meade River (D-4), Wainwright (B-4) & (C-2), Arctic
Shipment No.: A-78-50M
Referred by: Hopkins, David M. , Nelson, Robert E.
Report prepared by: Marincovich, Louie , Jr.
Date: 12/15/1978

This report deals with 54 collections of megafossils from 34 localities on the Arctic Ocean coastal plain of northwestern Alaska. Collections are listed in numerical order by field locality number.

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76-ANr-4a (Cenozoic loc. M7004) , Wainwright , Modern marine shells from beach in Wainwright (B-5) or (B-6) quadrangle; locality data in exact.
Astarte sp. - fragments
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
76-ANr-6 (Cenozoic loc. M7005) , Wainwright , Holocene shells from modern beach, Wainwright (B-4) quadrangle; locality data inexact.
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Crytodaria kurriana (Dunker)
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Trichotropis bicarinatus (Sowerby)
76-ANr-7a (Cenozoic loc. M7006A) , Wainwright , Surface of bluff, Nokotlet River section, Wainwright (B-4) quadrangle; Latitude 70 deg 18 min N; Longitude 161 deg 0.7 min W; of reported Sangamon age.
Liocyma fluctuosa (Gould)
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Buccinum cf. B. plectrum Stimpson
Buccinum sp.
76-ANr-7b (Cenozoic loc. M7006B) , Wainwright , Same locality and age as sample M7006A, above, but on beach below Nokolet River section.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linneaus
Indeterminate fragment
76-ANr-7c (Cenozoic loc. M7006C) , Wainwright , Same general locality and age as M7006A and M7006B, above, but shells were in place in Nokotlet River section.
Indeterminate fragments
76-ANr-7g (Cenozoic loc. M7006D) , Wainwright , Same general locality as three above, but exact locality data unknown to me; mammal skull also came from this locality according to Nelson's field notes.
Mytilus edulis (Linnaeus) - fragment
Mya sp. - fragments
76-ANr-10a (Cenozoic loc. M7007) , Wainwright , On beach below Nokotlet River section, Wainwright (B-4) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 18.3 min N; Longitude 160 deg 59.7 min W; of reported Sangamon age.
Astarte sp. - fragments
Mya sp. - fragments
76-ANr-10b (Cenozoic loc. M7007A) , Wainwright , Same general locality and age as M7007, above, but shells from surface of bluff, Nokotlet River section.
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Mya sp. - fragment
Astarte sp. - fragments
76-ANr-10d (Cenozoic loc. M7007B, M7007C, M7007D) , Wainwright , Same gneral locality and age as M7007, above, but shells were on beach below Nokotlet River section.
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Macoma sp. - fragment
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linneaus
Clinocardium californiense (Deshayes)
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Macoma? sp. - fragment
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Polinices (Euspira) pallidus (Broderip & Sowerby)
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
76-ANr-11a (Cenozoic loc. M7008) , Wainwright , In place, Nokotlet River section, Latitude 70 deg 18.35 min N; Longitude 160 deg 59.2 min W; Wainwright (B-4) quadrangle; Sangamon.
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
76-ANr-12 (Cenozoic loc. M7009) , Wainwright , On beach below Nokotlet River section, Latitude 70 deg 18.4 min N; Longitude 160 deg 59.2 min W; Wainwright (B-4) quadrangle; Sangamon.
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Mya sp. - fragments
Indeterminate fragments
Bone fragments sent to C. A. Repenning
76-ANr-26 (Cenozoic loc. M7010) , Wainwright , Shells from modern beach surface, Wainwright (B-4) quadrangle; locality data inexact.
Astarte cf. A. borealis (Schumacher) - fragments
Cyclocardia cf. C. crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby, 1829) - fragment
76-ANr-32a (Cenozoic loc. M7011, M7011A, M7011B)) , Wainwright , Modern shells from beach, Point Belcher, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle; Latitude 70 deg 44.9 min N; Longitude 159 deg 45 min W.
Macoma lama (Bartsch)
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Siliqua sp.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Macoma brota Dall
Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudislandica MacNeil
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Clinocardium californiense (Deshayes)
Trichotropis bicarinatus (Sowerby)
Boreotrophon sp.
Liomesus ooides (Middendorff)
Buccinum cf. B. polare Gray
Buccinum tenellum Dall
Buccinum angulosum (Gray)
Buccinum aff. B. ciliatum (Fabricius)
Buccinum sp.
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin)
Volutopsius attenuatus Dall
?Velutina sp.
Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus)
Buccinum tenue Gray
Neptunea (Neptunea) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Calcareous worm tubes - fragments
76-ANr-32b (Cenozoic loc. M7011C) , Wainwright , Shells from surface of bluff, Point Belcher, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 44.9 min W; Longitude 159 deg 45 min W; Sangamon.
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Spisula voyi (Gabb) - fragment
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Astarte sp. - fragment
Buccinum sp.
?Crepidula grandis (Middendorff) - fragment
76-ANr-33c (Cenozoic loc. M7012A) , Wainwright , Shells from surface of bluff, Point Belcher, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 44.75 min N; Longitude 159 deg 45.2 min W; Sangamon.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus) - fragments
Macoma (Macoma) lama (Bartsch) - fragments
Macoma sp. - juvenile fragment
Astarte sp. - fragments
Cyclocardia sp. - fragments
Mya sp. - fragments
Cyrtodaria kurriana (Dunker) - fragments
Indeterminate fragments
Polinices (Euspira) pallidus (Broderip & Sowerby) - fragment
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Indeterminate fragments
76-ANr-36a (Cenozoic loc. M7013) , Wainwright , Shell lying on surface at top of bluff, Latitude 70 deg 43.1 min N; Longitude 49.9 min W, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle; Sangamon? or Holocene.
Beringius beringi (Middendorff) - 1 specimen, broken
76-ANr-36b (Cenozoic loc. M7013A) , Wainwright , Same locality as M7013, above, but shells are Holocene, from beach halfway between Sinaruruk River and Point Belcher.
Boreotrophon cf. B. clathratus (Linnaeus)
Colus sp.
Buccinum cf. B. tenellum Dall
Buccinum cf. B. polare Gray
Buccinum sp. "A" - worn specimen
Buccinum sp. "B" - worn specimen
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Macoma (Macoma) lama (Bartsch)
76-ANr-37g (Cenozoic loc. M7014B) , Wainwright , Nelson's field notes indicate that this locality is along the face of a bluff at the same locality as the following ones, M7014 and M7014A. This locality, M7014B, was not included on the E&R request form.
Neptunea (Neptunea) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
76-ANr-37h (Cenozoic loc. M7014, M7014A) , Wainwright , Face of bluff and in place in 3-meter sea bluff at south side of entrance to Sinaruruk River, Latitude 70 deg 41.4 min N; Longitude 159 deg 55 min W; Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle; Sangamon.
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Siliqua sp.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Cyrtodaria kurriana (Dunker)
Macoma (Macoma) lama (Bartsch)
?Beringius sp. - juvenile
Buccinum angulosum Gray
Buccinum sp.
Boreotrophon cf. B. clathratus (Linnaeus)
Buccinum cf. B. polare Gray
Buccinum cf. B. tenellum Dall
Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin)
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Polinices (Euspira) pallidus (Broderip & Sowerby)
Margarites costalis (Gould)
Trichotropis bicarinatus (Sowerby)
?Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller) - fragment
Volutopsius deformis (Reeve)
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
?Rectiplanes sp.
?Colus sp.
Hemithiris psittacea (Gmelin)
76-ANr-38a (Cenozoic loc. M7015, M7015A) , Wainwright , Shells from beach below Wainwright Village exposure, Latitude 70 deg 37.1 min N; Longitude 04.8 min W, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle; Sangamon.
Natica (Tectonatica) janthostoma Deshayes
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Buccinum angulosum Gray
Buccinum cf. B. angulosum Gray
Boreotrophon sp. - fragment
Crepidula grandis Middendorff
Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Barnacle fragments
76-ANr-38b (Cenozoic loc. M7015B) , Wainwright , Same locality as M7015 and M7015A, above, but shells from face of bluff. Sangamon.
Neptunea sp. - fragment
Margarites costalis (Gould)
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus)
Siliqua sp.
Indeterminate fragments
76-ANr-38c (Cenozoic loc. M7016, M7016A) , Wainwright , Same locality as M7015, M7015A, and M7015B, above, but shells were in place. Sangamon.
Natica (Tectonatica) janthostoma Deshayes
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller)
Beringius cf. B. beringi (Middendorff)
?Beringius sp. - fragment
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Buccinum sp.
?Tachyrhynchus sp. - fragment
Indeterminate species
Astarte sp. - fragment
Siliqua sp. - fragments
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Macoma (Macoma) lama (Bartsch)
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Chlamys sp. - fragment
Mya sp. - fragments
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Barnacle fragments
76-ANr-39 (Cenozoic loc. M7017, M7017A) , Wainwright , Shells on beach below Wainwright Village exposure, Latitude 70 deg 37.3 min N; Longitude 160 deg 03 min W, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle; Sangamon.
Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. C.(C.) pseudislandica MacNeil
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Astarte sp.
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Cyclocardia crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby, 1829)
Macoma (Macoma) cf. M.(M.) lama (Bartsch)
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Macoma sp.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Mya (Mya) truncata (Linnaeus)
Mya sp. - fragments
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Clinocardium sp.
Siliqua sp.
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Indeterminate fragments
Buccinum angulosum Gray
Buccinum sp.
Trichotropis bicarinatus (Sowerby)
?Colus spitzbergensis (Reeve) - fragment
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
Neptunea sp. - juvenile
Beringius beringi (Middendorff)
Barnable fragments
Bone fragments sent to C. A. Repenning
76-ANr-42 , Unknown , There is no sample bearing this number in this collection.
76-ANr-43 (Cenozoic loc. M7037) , Wainwright , Beach below Wainwright Village exposure, Latitude 70 deg 37.9 min N; Longitude 160 deg 01.5 min W, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle; Sangamon.
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Margarites costalis (Gould)
?Colus sp.
?Buccinum sp.
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Cyclocardia crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby, 1829)
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Macoma sp.
Pododesmus macroschismus (Deshayes)
Clinocardium ciliatum (Fabricius)
Siliqua sp.
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Mya sp. - fragments
Chlamys sp.
Barnacle fragments
76-ANr-44b (Cenozoic loc. M7018, M7019) , Wainwright , Shells in place at Wainwright Village exposure, Latitude 70 deg 37.8 min N; Longitude 160 deg 01.5 min W, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle; Sangamon.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Chlamys (Chlamys) pseudislandica MacNeil
Natica (Cryptonatica) cf. N.(C.) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Beringius sp. - worn, broken
Buccinum sp. - worn
Volutopsius deformis (Reeve)
?Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray) - fragments
?Neptunea (Neptunea) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff) - fragments
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Barnacle fragments
76-ANr-46b , Unknown , There is no sample bearing this number in the collection.
76-ANr-50a (Cenozoic loc. M7020, M7020A through E) , Wainwright , Shells in place in bluffs at juncture of middle and low terrace, southeast corner of Wainwright Inlet, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 34.2 min N; Longitude 160 deg 07.8 min W; Sangamon or middle Pleistocene.
Buccinum angulosum (Gray)
Volutopsius deformis (Reeve)
Margarites costalis (Gould)
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Polinices (Euspira) pallidus (Broderip & Sowerby)
?Bulbus fragilis (Leach) - fragments
?Colus spitzbergensis (Reeve) - worn fragment
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Naticid sp. - fragment
?Buccinum sp. - fragment
?Plicifusus sp. - fragment
Buccinum tenellum Dall
Buccinum cf. B. tenue (Gray)
Buccinum sp. "A"
Buccinum sp. "B"
Buccinum sp. - fragments
Admete regina Dall
Buccinum tenue (Gray)
Buccinum polare (Gray)
Liomesus ooides (Middendorff)
Admete couthouyi (Jay)
Admete cf. A. regina Dall
Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin)
Trichotropis borealis Broderip & Sowerby
Neptunea (Neptunea) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller)
Buccinum angulosum (Gray)
Beringius sp.
Gastropod operculum
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Musculus niger (Gray)
Lyonsia cf. L. norvegica (Gmelin)
Clinocardium ciliatum (Fabricius)
Indeterminate fragments
Barnacle fragments
76-ANr-52 (Cenozoic loc. M7021) , Wainwright , Shells from tip of spit near entrance to Wainwright Inlet, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 35.15 min N; Longitude 160 deg 08 min W; Holocene or Sangamon.
Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin)
76-ANr-53 (Cenozoic loc. M7022, M7022A, M7022B) , Wainwright , Shells from beach below Wainwright Village exposure, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 37.65 min N; Longitude 160 deg 02 min W; Sangamon.
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Cyclocardia crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby, 1829)
?Clinocardium ciliatum (Fabricius) - fragment
?Clinocardium californiense (Deshayes) - fragments
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Macoma (Macoma) obliqua (Sowerby)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Mya (Mya) truncata (Linnaeus)
Mya (Arenomya) cf. M.(A.) arenaria Linneaus
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Mytilus edulis (Linnaeus)
Siliqua sp. - fragment
Mya sp. - fragments
Tellina lutea alternidentata Broderip & Sowerby
Panomya sp. - fragment
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus)
Macoma sp.
Chlamys (Chlamys) hanaishiensis Masuda subspecies?
Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin)
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Naticid sp. - fragments
Beringius sp. - fragment
?Colus spitzbergensis (Reeve) - worn fragment
Buccinum angulosum (Gray)
Neptunea (Neptunea) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) heros heros (Gray)
Neptunea sp. - fragments
?Buccinum sp. - fragments
Boreotrophon sp. - fragment
Barnacle fragments
Crab claw
76-ANr-54 (Cenozoic loc. M7023, M7023A) , Wainwright , Shells in place in Wainwright Village exposure, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 37.5 min N; Longitude 160 deg 02.3 min W; Sangamon.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Colus spitzbergensis (Reeve)
Volutopsius attenuatus (Dall)
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller)
Beringius beringi (Middendorff)
Buccinum sp. - fragment
Indeterminate fragments
76-ANr-55 (Cenozoic loc. M7024, M7024A) , Wainwright , Shells in place at Wainwright Village exposure, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 37.4 min N; Longitude 160 deg 02.6 min W; Sangamon.
76-ANr-56 (Cenozoic loc. M7025, M7025A, M7025B) , Wainwright , Holocene shells from modern Chukchi Sea beach 1.6 miles south of Wainwright Village, Wainwright (C-2) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 37.2 min N; Longitude 160 deg 03 min W.
Margarites costalis (Gould)
Colus sp.
?Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller) - worn
Buccinum angulosum (Gray)
Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) martyniana beringiana (Middendorff)
Natica (Tectonatica) janthostoma Deshayes
Polinices (Euspira) pallidus (Broderip & Sowerby)
Natica (?Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Trichotropis bicarinatus (Sowerby)
Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller)
Colus spitzbergensis (Reeve)
Volutopsius attenuatus (Dall)
?Colus sp.
Buccinum sp. - worn
Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Cyrtodaria kurriana (Dunker)
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus
Cyclocardia crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby)
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Macoma (Macoma) lama (Bartsch)
76-ANr-60 (Cenozoic loc. M7026) , Meade River , Shells at mouth of snow-filled gully on left limit of Papigak Creek one kilometer above mouth, Meade River (D-4) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 48.8 min N; Longitude 158 deg 09.6 min W; middle Pleistocene.
Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller)
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
76-ANr-62 (Cenozoic loc. M7028, M7028A, M7028B, M7028C) , Meade River , Hillside cut in Gubik Formation on left bank of first left tributary of Papigak Creek, 1.5 kilometers above junction with main stem of Papigak Creek, Meade River (D-4) quadrangle; middle Pleistocene.
Macoma sp. - fragment
Mya sp. -fragment
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
Astarte sp. "A"
Astarte sp. "B"
Cyclocardia crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby)
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Astarte cf. A. leffingwelli Dall
Serripes laperousii (Deshayes)
Spisula voyi (Gabb)
Siliqua sp.
Macoma (Macoma) obliqua (Sowerby)
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus)
Macoma (Macoma) cf. M.(M.) lama (Bartsch)
Macoma (Macoma) brota Dall
Clinocardium sp. - fragment
?Colus sp. - fragment
Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
Neptunea sp. - fragments
Neptunea (Neptunea) lyrata leffingwelli (Dall)
Natica (Tectonatica) janthostoma Deshayes
Naticid sp. - worn juvenile
Admete cf. A. middendorffiana Dall
Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin)
Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
Tachyrhynchus erosus (Couthouy)
Obesotoma sp.
Buccinum sp. - fragment
Indeterminate fragment
76-ANr-63 (Cenozoic loc. M7029) , Meade River , Floor of first left tributary of Papigak Creek between 1.5 and 2.3 kilometers above main stem of creek, Meade River (D-4) quadrangle, Latitude 70 deg 48.3 min N; Longitude 158 deg 12 min W; middle Pleistocene.
Serripes laperousii (Deshayes)
Astarte borealis (Schumacher)
Cyclocardia crebrocostata (Krause)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
Natica (Tectonatica) janthostoma Deshayes
Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N.(N.) lyrata leffingwelli (Dall)