Alaska Paleontological Database

Reference Detail

Report on Referred Fossils

Stratigraphic range:

Middle (?) Ordovician

Kinds of fossils:

ostracodes, brachiopods

Quadrangle or area:

McGrath 1:250,000, White Mountain area, Alaska

Shipment No.:

A-60-4

Referred by:

Sainsbury, C. L.

Report prepared by:

Berdan, Jean M.

Date:

04/15/1960

Report prepared by Jean M. Berdan, in consultation with G.A. Cooper.

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Brief statement of problem and remarks (from collector):
Collection from area of limestones of unknown age, but believed to be correlative in part with the Holitna Group of Ordovician to Devonian age. I wish to confirm this age correlation if possible.

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59-ASn-20 (3149-CO) , Mc Grath , From a section on White Mountain, Lat. 62 deg. 7 1/2' N., Long. 155 deg. W., Alaska. This collection has been assigned the locality number USGS 3149-CO, which should be used to refer to it in any published report.

Oepikella sp.

Brevibolbina? sp.

Pyxion? sp.

Leperditella? sp.

Krausella sp.

ostracodes, indet.

Christiania? sp.

Orthoid fragments, indet.