Also known as USGS M8179
Where: Alaska (56.1° N, 160.9° W: paleocoordinates 56.9° N, 159.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Bear Lake Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• 19 m above base of Bear Lake section
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USGS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: V. A. Zullo, and L. Marincovich, Jr. 1990. Balanoid barnacles from the Miocene of the Alaska Peninsula, and their relevance to the extant boreal barnacle fauna. Journal of Paleontology 64:128-135 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37338: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 12.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Chirona alaskana barnacle |