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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echinarachnius alaskense Durham 1957 sand dollar |