Sadlerochit River (USGS Mes. loc. 23747) (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (69.6° N, 144.5° W: paleocoordinates 62.1° N, 50.4° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kingak Shale Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• Prob within 75 ft above base of Jurassic.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, conglomeratic sandstone and ironstone

• massive sandstone containing conglomerate and ironstone lenses.

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1955. Characteristic Jurassic Mollusks from northern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 274-D:69-96 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5491: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 04.10.1999

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Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell