Cenotaph Island, SE shore (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UA A-186; USGS D170

Where: Alaska (58.7° N, 137.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.4° N, 133.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Topsy Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• nits, about 100 ft. above base of Topsy Fm. SE shore of Cenotaph Island, 1950 ft. S 29? W of easternmost cape of island. Approximately 58? 39' N, 137? 34' W, USGS Mt. Fairweather C-5 Quadrangle, 1961 Edit

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. D. Wagner. 1974. Fossil and recent sand dollar echinoids of Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 48(1):105-123 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203143: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Echinarachnius alaskense Durham 1957 sand dollar