Also known as Loc. #14; 26AS61
Where: North Slope County, Alaska (69.2° N, 162.0° W: paleocoordinates 79.7° N, 91.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kupowruk Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Middle Albian in age. Probably in Kupowruk Fm rather than upper part of Torok Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone and shale
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USGS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections reposited in USGS and USNM collections. Collected by P.S. Smith, 1926.
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 44365: 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 sp. Lycett 1850 clam |