Banjo Point Formation, south side of Amchitka Island (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (51.4° N, 179.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 179.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. S. MacNeil. 1967. Cenozoic Pectinids of Alaska, Iceland, and Other Northern Regions. Geological survey professional paper [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187087: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 13.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys washburnei Arnold 1906 scallop