USGS loc. 4436 = UCMP IP1719 (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Yakutat County, Alaska (60.2° N, 144.4° W: paleocoordinates 60.9° N, 134.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burls Creek Shale Member (Kulthieth Formation), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: S. Kiel and K. Amano. 2010. Oligocene and Miocene Vesicomyid Bivalves from the Katalla District, Southern Alaska. The Veliger 51(1):76-84 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192230: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Vesicomyidae
Calyptogena katallaensis Kiel and Amano 2010 clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Acharax) sp." = Acharax
"Solemya (Acharax) sp." = Acharax Dall 1908 Awning Clam