Dall Bay, Gravina Island (Quaternary of the United States)
Also known as 16ACh197
Where: Alaska (55.2° N, 131.8° W: paleocoordinates 55.2° N, 131.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: glacial; unlithified, blue claystone and lithified gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by T. Chapin in 1916
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 112322: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 09.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Identified by W.H. Dall.
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Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Fabricius 1780 cockle | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
"Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica, "Mya intermedia" = Panopea intermedia
"Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Mya intermedia" = Panopea intermedia Sowerby 1814 clam | |
"Axinopsis viridis" = Axinopsida serricata
"Axinopsis viridis" = Axinopsida serricata Carpenter 1864 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Bela violacea" = Curtitoma violacea
"Bela violacea" = Curtitoma violacea Mighels and Adams 1842 cone shell | |
Colus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk |