Alaska Paleontological Database
Guest
Login
Home
Search
Quadrangle
Sample
Reference
Map View
E and R Reports
Publications
Letters
Sample Detail
of
Sample:
Sample No. 78AMM016A -- USGS No. 9987-SD
Locality:
Field No. 78AMM016A
Description:
Alaska, Survey Pass D-6 quad.; T. 30 N., R. 14 E.; 67
o
58 min. 56 sec. N., 155
o
45 min. 03 sec. W.; rubble at about 4220 ft., 2 m below knob and 20 m above center of saddle; interbedded brown weathering calcareous sandstone and shale. Collector: M. Mullen, 1978.
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Survey Pass
D-6 Township&Range: T30N R14E
Lat.: 67
o
58
'
56
"
Long.: 155
o
45
'
03
"
Reference
Title:
Report on Referred Fossils
, 1979 (03/01)
This single collection is from a shelly layer composed almost entirely of brachiopods. The occurrence together of CYRTOSPIRIFER and SINOTECTIROSTRUM sp. indicates a Late Devonian (Famennian) age.
Report by:
J. Thomas Dutro , Jr.
Referred by:
Donald Grybeck
Age:
Famennian
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Echinoderms
echinoderm debris, indet.
2
Bryozoans
bryozoan fragments, indet.
3
Brachiopods
Sinotectirostrum sp.
4
Brachiopods
Cyrtospirifer sp.