Also known as Loc. #23; 25ASmF5
Where: North Slope County, Alaska (68.6° N, 161.1° W: paleocoordinates 80.0° N, 38.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Okipruak Formation, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)
• Probably Berriasian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by W.R. Smith, 1925. Collections held in USGS and USNM.
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 44387: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aucella subokensis Pavlow 1907 scallop |