Where: Yakutat County, Alaska (60.1° N, 142.3° W: paleocoordinates 60.3° N, 134.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Poul Creek Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• referred to as Upper Oligocene Poul Formation by Clark 1932; updated to current USGS stratigraphic nomenclature of Poul Creek Fm.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: B. L. Clark. 1932. Fauna of the Poul and Yakataga Formations (Upper Oligocene) of Southern Alaska. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:797-846 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195957: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 01.09.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella hamiltonensis Clark 1932 turret shell
Turritella cf. porterensis Weaver 1912 turret shell | |
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Polinices (Euspira) cf. galianoi Dall 1909 moon snail | |
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Scaphander alaskensis Clark 1932 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Leda fossa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa
"Leda fossa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa Baird 1863 pointed nut clam | |
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Venericardia yakatagensis Clark 1932 clam
Venericardia hamiltonensis n. sp. Clark 1932 clam | |
"Phacoides cf. columbianum" = Lucinoma columbiana
"Phacoides cf. columbianum" = Lucinoma columbiana Clark and Arnold 1923 clam | |
Panomya "n. sp.?", "Panomya (Arctica) turgida" = Panomya norvegica
Panomya "n. sp.?" Gray 1857 clam
"Panomya (Arctica) turgida" = Panomya norvegica Spengler 1793 clam | |
Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis, "Cardium (Papyridea) brooksi" = Ciliatocardium brooksi
Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis Clark 1932 cockle
"Cardium (Papyridea) brooksi" = Ciliatocardium brooksi Clark 1932 cockle | |
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Pecten (Patinopecten) yakatagensis Clark 1932 scallop | |