Also known as Loc. #2; 49ASa138
Where: North Slope County, Alaska (69.4° N, 162.6° W: paleocoordinates 80.1° N, 91.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kukpowruk Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Middle Albian in age. About 2,500 ft above base.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USGS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections reposited in USGS and USNM collections. Collected by E.G. Sable, 1949.
Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1961. Characteristic lower Cretaceous megafossils from northern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 335 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44293: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
? Arctica sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Tancredia stelcki McLearn 1945 clam | |
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop |