Dall Bay, Gravina Island: Quaternary, Alaska
collected by T. Chapin 1916
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Axinopsis viridis
Dall 1901
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| synonym of Axinopsida serricata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Cerastoderma) ciliatum
Fabricius 1780
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| recombined as Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma calcarea
(Gmelin 1792)
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| recombined as Macoma (Macoma) calcarea | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Saxicava arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Hiatella arctica | |||||||
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Mya intermedia
Sowerby 1814
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| recombined as Panopea intermedia | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichnella sp.
Gabb 1873
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Colus sp.
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Bela violacea
(Mighels and Adams 1842)
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| recombined as Curtitoma violacea | |||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 55.2° North, 131.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.2° North, 131.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 80 feet |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Quaternary |
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | blue unlithified claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified gravel |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | glacial |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Chapin | Collection dates: | 1916 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Identified by W.H. Dall. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | 16ACh197 | ||
| Database number: | 112322 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe |
| Modifier: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-07-09 03:46:05 | Last modified: | 2011-07-08 16:27:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-09 03:46:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36540. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 36639 | H. C. Berg and E. L. Cruz. 1982. Map and table describing fossil collections and related samples in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert Quadrangles, southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1088 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe] |