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Report on Referred Fossils
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Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Kinds of fossils: Leaves
Quadrangle or area: Marshall, Alaska
Shipment No.: A-60-4M
Referred by: Hoare, Joseph M.
Report prepared by: Wolfe, Jack A.
Date: 09/14/1960


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Brief statement of problem and remarks (from collector):
Problem is to determine age of the rock from which the fossils were obtained.
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60AHr 89 , Marshall , Location determined from Marshall, 1:250,000 map, 1951 Edition. Coords: 17.5, 16.5, Long. 162 deg. 55.5', Lat. 61 deg. 55.5'. On north bank of Yukon River about 1.5 miles downstream from village of Pilot Station, about 1 mile above the upstream end of Hills Island. Near the upstream end of a high rock bluff. Fossil leaf impressions occur in massive and thick-bedded olive gray and green medium-grained sandstone which crops out at the upstream and downstream ends of the large exposure. No fossil leaves were found in the dark gray sandstone which forms the middle part of the exposure.
Aralia wellingtoniana of Hollick
Credneria grewiopsoides Hollick