Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 77-AW1-77-1 -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M7167
Locality: Field No. 77-AW1-77-1
Description: Float specimens; NW1/4 NE1/4 Section 2, T. 17 N., R. 23 W., Meade River (D-4) Quadrangle; Latitude 70 degs. 51.70 min. N; Longitude 157 degs. 50.34 min. W.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Meade River D-4
Township&Range: T17N R23W Section: NW1/4NE1/4sec2
Lat.: 70o51.70 ' Long.: 157o50.34 '
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1978 (02/23)
This report deals with 22 collections of megainvertebrates from localities in the Gubik Formation on the western North Slope region of Alaska.
Report by: Louie Marincovich , Jr.
Referred by: John R. Williams
Age: Pleistocene
Formation: Gubik Formation
Comment:Comment: These taxa are all known to be living along the adjacent modern coastline. They suggest a shallow, cold marine environment.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
2 Bivalves Astarte borealis Schumacher
3 Bivalves Cyclocardia crebricostata (Krause)
4 Bivalves Macoma brota Dall
5 Snails Oenopota sp.