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Sample:
Sample No. GK-81-A12-A -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M7929
Locality:
Field No. GK-81-A12-A
Description:
(=81Ahp10). Shells from 3 m thick sandy gravel unit in sea cliff 7.60 miles NE of mouth of Tuapaktushak Creek. Center N 1/2 of SE 1/4, sec. 21, T. 19 N., R. 21 W., Meade River (D-3) quadrangle.
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Meade River
D-3 Township&Range: T19N R21W Section: Center 1/2, SE1/4 sec. 21
Reference
Title:
Report on Referred Fossils
, 1983 (05/05)
Report by:
Louie Marincovich , Jr.
Referred by:
David M. Hopkins
Age:
Pleistocene-Holocene
Comment:
Comment: SILIQUA today lives only to the south of Bering Strait.
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Cyclocardia crebricostata
2
Bivalves
Serripes laperousii
3
Bivalves
Macoma sp.
4
Bivalves
Astarte (Tridonta) borealis
5
Bivalves
Siliqua sp.
6
Bivalves
Spisula (Mactromeris) polynyma
7
Bivalves
Mya (Mya) truncata
8
Bivalves
Mya sp.
9
Snails
Neptunea sp.
10
Barnacles
Barnacle: fragment