South side of Point Glorious (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (60.3° N, 140.9° W: paleocoordinates 60.3° N, 139.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yakataga Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Upper part of the Yakataga Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 187108: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 14.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae