Alaska Paleontological Database

Reference Detail

Report on Referred Fossils

Stratigraphic range:

Tertiary

Kinds of fossils:

Mollusks

Quadrangle or area:

Bering Sea, Alaska

Shipment No.:

MAR-70-21M

Referred by:

Scholl, David W.

Report prepared by:

Addicott, Warren O.

Date:

01/04/1971

The samples upon which this report is based were dredged from the floor of the Bering Sea during the 1970 cruise of the USNS Bartlett. The samples were collected by D. W. Scholl, E. C. Buffington, and M. S. Marlow.

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70-B10-1M (Cenozoic loc. M4440) , Unknown , Dredge station 70-B10-1M,750-900 meters.

Cyclopecten? cf. C. davidsoni (Dall)

Macoma aff. M. calcarea (Gmelin)

70-B52-1M-1 , Unknown , Dredge station 70-B52-1M-1, 750-900 meters.

70-B52-1M-2 (Cenozoic loc. M4441) , Unknown , Dredge station 70-B52-1M-2, 1,400-1,800 meters.

Mytilus edulis Linnaeus? - incomplete specimen, beak missing

70-B52-1M-3 (Cenozoic loc. M4441) , Unknown , Dredge station 70-B52-1M-3, 1,400-1,800 meters.

Undetermined fragment (6 mm) showing indications of abrasion

70-B52-1M-4 (Cenozoic loc. M4441) , Unknown , Dredge station 70-B52-1M-4, 1,400-1,800 meters.

Naticid - possibly Cryptonatica

Neptuneid

Undetermined fragments

70-B93-3M , Unknown , Dredge station 70-B93-3M, 450-650 meters.

Fragment of a mud pecten - smooth-shelled, ears not preserved

Miliolid

70-B97-1M-1 (Cenozoic loc. M4442) , Unknown , Dredge station 70-B97-1M-1, depth: 1,300-1,500 meters.

Delectopecten randolphi tillamookensis (Arnold)

Megayoldia thraciaformis (Storer)

Colus sp. - worn, incomplete

Neptunea sp. - fragment

70-B97-1M-2 (Cenozoic loc. M4443) , Unknown , Dredge station 70-B97-1M-2, depth: 1,300-1,500 meters.

?Macoma - fragment