Where: Alaska (60.1° N, 142.4° W: paleocoordinates 60.2° N, 138.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Yakataga Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• 1,500 ft above base of Yakataga Formation
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 187021: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys (Swiftopecten) donmilleri" = Chlamys donmilleri
"Chlamys (Swiftopecten) donmilleri" = Chlamys donmilleri MacNeil 1967 scallop |