Where: Yakutat County, Alaska (60.0° N, 141.4° W: paleocoordinates 60.2° N, 133.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-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 195964: 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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Polinices (Euspira) ramonensis Clark 1918 moon snail
Polinices (Euspira) cf. galianoi Dall 1909 moon snail | |
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Cancellaria (Progabbi) alaskensis n. sp. Clark 1932 snail | |
Colus rearensis n. sp.
Colus rearensis n. sp. Clark 1932 true whelk | |
|
Fusinus cf. hanniabli snail | |
"Galeodea apta" = Liracassis apta
"Galeodea apta" = Liracassis apta Tegland 1931 snail | |
|
Turritella "n. sp." Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella cf. porterensis Weaver 1912 turret shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Pandora (Kennerlia) yakatagensis Clark 1932 clam | |
"Panomya (Arctica) turgida" = Panomya norvegica
"Panomya (Arctica) turgida" = Panomya norvegica Spengler 1793 clam | |
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Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis n. sp. Clark 1932 cockle | |
"Chione securis" = Securella securis
"Chione securis" = Securella securis Shumard 1858 venus clam | |
"Mya salmonensis" = Mya (Mya) salmonensis, "Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya salmonensis" = Mya (Mya) salmonensis Clark 1932 softshell clam
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |