Canning River (USGS Mesozoic Loc. 22595): Early Bajocian, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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"spp." | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hildoceratidae
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Pseudolioceras sp.
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
Coordinates: | 69.4° North, 146.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 69.2° North, 49.5° West | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
Stage: | Bajocian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
*Period: | Middle Jurassic | *Epoch: | Dogger |
*International age/stage: | Early/Lower Bajocian | ||
Key time interval: | Early Bajocian | ||
Age range of interval: | 170.9 - 168.6 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kingak Shale | ||||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 150' above base of exposure. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | black lithified "shale" | ||
Secondary lithology: | ironstone | ||
Lithology description: black shale containing ironstone lenses and nodules. | |||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
Database number: | 5446 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-10-04 11:04:46 | Last modified: | 2001-08-30 17:52:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
313. | R. W. Imlay. 1955. Characteristic Jurassic Mollusks from northern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 274-D:69-96 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers] |