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Sample: Sample No. GK-81-A5-B -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M7906
Locality: Field No. GK-81-A5-B
Description: JKB section 20, unit 5. Exposures upstream from mouth of gully that enters ocean 0.54 miles NE of mouth of Tuapaktushak Creek, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, sec. 15, T. 18 N., R. 22 W. Meade River (D-3) quadrangle.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Meade River D-3
Township&Range: T18N R22W Section: SW1/4, NE1/4 sec. 15
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1983 (05/05)
This report deals with 42 collections of Pleistocene and Holocene mollusks and miscellaneous other invertebrates from the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Most collections are from the Pleistocene Gubik Formation exposed along Skull Cliff, southwest of Barrow; these collections are keyed to the stratigraphic section and unit numbers of Julie K. Brigham (JKB), University of Colorado, Boulder. Most field locality numbers are those of George Kennedy (GK), some are those of Dave Hopkins (HP) and Dale Russell (DR). The collections are listed below numerically according to M number.
Report by: Louie Marincovich , Jr.
Referred by: David M. Hopkins
Age: Pleistocene-Holocene
Comment:Comments: All still living in Chukchi Sea. None is age diagnostic.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Clinocardium cf. C. ciliatum
2 Bivalves Serripes cf. S. laperousii
3 Bivalves Macoma (Macoma) cf. M. (M.) brota
4 Bivalves Cyclocardia crebricostata
5 Snails Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa
6 Snails Admete cf. A. couthouyi