Also known as Amchitka Island
Where: Alaska (51.5° N, 179.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 179.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: South Bight II Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; unlithified sandstone and unlithified conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: L. M. Gard, G. E. Lewis, and F. C. Whitmore. 1972. Steller's Sea Cow in Pleistocene interglacial beach deposits on Amchitka, Aleutian Islands. Geological Society of America Bulletin 83:867-870 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52243: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
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Globigerina aff. bulloides3 d'Orbigny 1826 | |
"Globigerina pachyderma" = Neogloboquadrina pachyderma3
"Globigerina pachyderma" = Neogloboquadrina pachyderma3 Ehrenberg 1861 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Nodosariata | |
Globothalamea | |
unclassified | |
Mollusca indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 | |
Gastropoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) hanaishiensis" = Chlamys (Chlamys) albida2, Chlamys (Chlamys) coatsi2, Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica2
"Chlamys (Chlamys) hanaishiensis" = Chlamys (Chlamys) albida2 Arnold 1906 scallop Subspecies "Chlamys (Chlamys) hanaishiensis amchitkana"
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Deuteropoda | |
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Echinoidea | |
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Mammalia | |
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"Eumetopias jubata" = Eumetopias jubatus1
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