Alaska Paleontological Database

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Sample:	Sample No. 509I2C -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M7723
Locality:	Field No. 509I2C
Description:	Chain dredge haul from depth of 113 to 297 meters, from lat. 56^o, 18.0 min. N., long. 153^o, 12.8 min. W., to lat 56^o, 18.7 min. N., long. 153^o, 12.6 min. W. Matrix of silty claystone; stratigraphic unit unknown.
Location:	Alaska Quadrangle: Unknown Lat.: 56^o18.0 ^' Long.: 153^o12.8 ^'

Reference

Title:	Report on Referred Fossils , 1980 (07/10)
	This report deals wit four samples from submarine outcrops, obtained with a chain dredge from the continental shelf near Kodiak Island, Alaska. Samples were obtained on cruise 59-79-WG of the R/V Sea Sounder.
Report by:	Louie Marincovich , Jr.
Referred by:	Pat McClellan


Age:	Pleistocene-Holocene






Comment:	Both specimens ar poorly preserved, so positive identifications are not possible. Macoma balthica occurs in Pleistocene and Holocene faunas of the North Pacific and other circum-arctic regions. It currently lives as far south as San Francisco, California, and is found in upper intertidal areas in bays to about 37 meters depth in quiet offshore areas, in silt.

Occurrence(s)
No.	Group		Name	Qty	Notes
1	Snails		?Bittium sp.
2	Bivalves		Macoma (Macoma) cf. M.(M.) balthica (Linnaeus)