Cenotaph Island, Lituya Bay (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (58.6° N, 137.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 136.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112321: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 09.07.2011, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by W.H. Dall.
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unclassified
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Uya aff. arenaria
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Echinarachnius sp.
Echinarachnius sp. Gray 1825 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Purpura aff. crispata" = Nucella lamellosa
"Purpura aff. crispata" = Nucella lamellosa Gmelin 1791 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Chrysodomus sp.
? Chrysodomus sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Lunatia sp.
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila sp., Nucula sp.
Acila sp. Adams and Adams 1858 divaricate nutclam
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda sp." = Nuculana
"Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Yoldia aff. montereyensis" = Yoldia (Megayoldia) montereyensis
"Yoldia aff. montereyensis" = Yoldia (Megayoldia) montereyensis Dall 1893 clam
 Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora aff. grandis
Pandora aff. grandis Dall 1877 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panomya sp., "Saxicava sp." = Hiatella
Panomya sp. Gray 1857 clam
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella Daudin 1801 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
? Parapholas california
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta aff. aleutica
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii, "Cardium aff. islandicum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum, "Cardium aff. groenlandicum" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus
"Cardium aff. islandicum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Fabricius 1780 cockle
"Cardium aff. groenlandicum" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma aff. balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica, "Macoma aff. sabulosa" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma aff. balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Macoma aff. sabulosa" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp.
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Hinnites sp.
? Hinnites sp. Defrance 1821 scallop