Alaska Paleontological Database

Sample Detail

Sample:	Sample No. 83AMu26 -- USGS No. 29180-PC
Locality:	Field No. 83AMu26
Description:	Lisburne Gp., possibly Alapah Ls., Shishakshinov Pass, T. 23 N., R. 12 E., 67^o 25.56', 156^o 12.7', Ambler River quad., Alaska.
Location:	Alaska Quadrangle: Ambler River B-1 Township&Range: T23N R12E Lat.: 67^o25.56 ^' Long.: 156^o12.7 ^'

Reference

Title:	Report on Referred Fossils , 1984 (05/11)
	This report concerns 39 coral specimens in 3 collections from beds thought to belong to the Lisburne Gp., possible Alapah Ls., in the Brooks Range, Alaska. One collection (83Mu77) is definitely late Meramecian, another (83Mu26) is probably pre-middle Meramecian, and the third (83KA7-6) is Mississippian, but cannot be placed more precisely.
Report by:	W. J. Sando
Referred by:	C. G. Mull


Age:	Meramecian (pre-middle Meramecian Mississippian)
Formation:	Alapah Limestone (Lisburne Group, possibly Alapah Limestone)





Comment:	Corals in this collection are recrystallized and only tentatively identified generically. The collection is definitely Mississippian. The assemblage, if correctly identified, is restricted to pre-middle Meramecian Mississippian in western Canada and the western conterminous U.S.A. Ranges of these genera have not been established with certainty in Alaska.