UCMP 3850 Hamilton Creek: Chattian, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Haminoea informal n. sp.?
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella hamiltonensis n. sp. Clark 1932
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Boreoscala) cf. groenlandica
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Cryptonatica) informal n. sp.
original and current combination Cryptonatica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Psephaea corrugata n. sp. Clark 1932
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus cf. hanniabli
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Acila) hamiltonensis n. sp. Clark 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Papyridea) brooksi n. sp. Clark 1932
recombined as Ciliatocardium brooksi
Cardium (Serripes) hamiltonensis n. sp. Clark 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma cf. middendorffii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
? Heterodonax sp. Morch 1853
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Schizothaerus trapezoides n. sp. Clark 1932
Spisula ramonensis (Packard 1916)
original and current combination Spisula albaria ramonensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria (Katherinella) arnold
spelled with current rank as Katherinella
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Saxicava pholadis (Linnaeus 1771)
synonym of Hiatella arctica
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia schencki Teglund 1933
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia hamiltonensis 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
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:195951
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-09-01 13:16:22 Last modified:2018-09-01 13:16:22
Access level:the public Released:2018-09-01 13:16:22
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]