UCMP 3858: Chattian, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander alaskensis Clark 1932
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. porterensis Weaver 1912
Turritella hamiltonensis Clark 1932
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices (Euspira) cf. galianoi Dall 1909
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda fossa Baird 1863
recombined as Nuculana (Nuculana) fossa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Patinopecten) yakatagensis Clark 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Papyridea) brooksi Clark 1932
recombined as Ciliatocardium brooksi
Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis Clark 1932
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panomya informal n. sp.?
Panomya (Arctica) turgida (Dall 1916)
synonym of Panomya norvegica
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides cf. columbianum Clark and Arnold 1923
recombined as Lucinoma columbiana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia hamiltonensis n. sp. Clark 1932
Venericardia yakatagensis Clark 1932
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska County:Yakutat
Coordinates: 60.1° North, 142.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:60.3° North, 134.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Poul Creek
Stratigraphy comments: referred to as Upper Oligocene Poul Formation by Clark 1932; updated to current USGS stratigraphic nomenclature of Poul Creek Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Database number:195957
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-09-01 13:27:50 Last modified:2018-09-02 14:42:11
Access level:the public Released:2018-09-01 13:27:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
66701. 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]