Milky River (M8664) (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as USGS M8664

Where: Alaska (56.0° N, 160.1° W: paleocoordinates 57.4° N, 157.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Bear Lake Formation), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Unknown stratigraphic position, unnamed upper member, Milky River section

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

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 37341: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 12.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae