northwest side of Tugidak Island (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.5° N, 154.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 57.4° N, 154.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. S. MacNeil. 1967. Cenozoic Pectinids of Alaska, Iceland, and Other Northern Regions. Geological survey professional paper [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187020: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. picoensis chinkopensis Masuda and Sawada 1961 reddish scallop
Chlamys (Chlamys) rubida prerubida MacNeil 1967 reddish scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. hanaishiensis" = Chlamys (Chlamys) albida Arnold 1906 scallop
Chlamys (Chlamys) trinitiensis MacNeil 1967 scallop
Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. cosibensis Yokoyama 1911 scallop
Chlamys (Leochlamys) tugidakensis MacNeil 1967 scallop