Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 70-B10-1M -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M4440
Locality: Field No. 70-B10-1M
Description: Dredge station 70-B10-1M,750-900 meters.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Unknown
Lat.: 51o58.8 ' Long.: 179o57.6 '
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1971 (01/04)
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.
Report by: Warren O. Addicott
Referred by: David W. Scholl
Age: Pliocene
Comment:Age: probably Pliocene or younger, not older than Miocene.

Environmental inferences: the pectinid has been recorded from depths of from 274-351 fathoms in the Bering Sea. Its only fossil record is from post-glacial strata near Juneau, Alaska, where it is associated with mollusks indicative of a sublitttoral (neritic) environment.

Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Cyclopecten? cf. C. davidsoni (Dall)
2 Bivalves Macoma aff. M. calcarea (Gmelin)