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Sample:
Sample No. 66AMh 9 -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M2799
Locality:
Field No. 66AMh 9
Description:
Fossiliferous boulder from gravel beach north of Ooynik Point, lat. 63
o
34' N., long. 171
o
44' W. Coll: David McCulloch, 1966.
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
St Lawrence
Lat.: 63
o
34
'
"
Long.: 171
o
44
'
"
Reference
Title:
Report on Referred Fossils
, 1966 (11/07)
Report by:
Warren O. Addicott
Referred by:
William W. Patton , Jr.
,
D. S. McCulloch
Age:
Tertiary-Quaternary
(late Tertiary or Quaternary)
Comment:
A late Tertiary or Quaternary age is suggested by the two pelecypods, both of which are still living.
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Snails
Naticid?
2
Bivalves
Macoma calcarea (Gmelin)
3
Bivalves
Nuculana minuta (Fabricius)
4
Bivalves
Nuculana sp.