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The Astarte (Bivalvia: Astartidae) that document the earliest opening of Bering Strait

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Louie Marincovich Jr. ,
Konstantin B. Barinov  and
Anton E. Oleinik
Louie Marincovich Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118,
Konstantin B. Barinov
Affiliation:
Russian Academy of Sciences, Geological Institute, Pyzhevsky per. 7, Moscow, Russia 109017,
Anton E. Oleinik
Affiliation:
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geography and Geology, Boca Raton, FL 33431,
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Abstract

The presence of the bivalve mollusks Astarte (Tridonta) borealis Schumacher and A. (T.) hopkinsi new species, in uppermost Miocene or lower Pliocene strata of the Milky River Formation on the Alaska Peninsula, southwestern Alaska, signals the earliest opening of Bering Strait. These species migrated from the Arctic Ocean into the North Pacific when the Bering Strait first flooded and, along with co-occurring marine diatoms, are primary evidence for the earliest opening of the strait, in the latest Miocene or early Pliocene. These paleogeographically important Alaskan Astarte have been cited in this context, but have not been previously illustrated or discussed.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , March 2002 , pp. 239 - 245
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