Where: Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (67.8° N, 164.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 68.6° N, 164.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Late Pliocene or early Pleistocene
Environment/lithology: offshore; pebbly, black claystone and silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Hopkins (1959); Identified by F.S. MacNeil. Unknown repository, probably USGS or USNM
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 187112: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 14.07.2017
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Fortipecten hallae Dall 1921 scallop |