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Stratigraphic range: Lower Jurassic
Kinds of fossils: Mollusks
Quadrangle or area: Taylor Mt., Alaska
Shipment No.: A-69-20, supplement
Referred by: Hoare, Joseph M.
Report prepared by: Imlay, Ralph W.
Date: 11/20/1970

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69AHr137 (Mesozoic loc. 29874) , Taylor Mts , East bank of Allen River at the middle rapids. Impure, gray, highly fossilifeous limestone, associated with at least one 6'-10' bed of calcareous chert grit conglomerate.; [USGS Mesozoic loc. 29874. East bank of Alien River at middle rapids, Tikchik Lakes area, lat 60°7' N., long 158°38' W., Taylor Mountains A-8 quad- rangle. Kuskokwim region, southwest Alaska. Weyla and other pelecypods identical with species in basal Jurassic near Seldovia on the Kenai Peninsula (loc. 13). These could be of Hettangian or Sinemurian Age. (description from Imlay and Detterman, 1973, p. 22)]; [USGS Mes. Cat.: Basal Jurassic. Orig. No. 69AHR 137. East bank of Allen River at Middle Rapids. Impure gray Ls. associated with one 6' - 10' bed of calc. chert grit or congl. Long. 158° 38' W., Lat. 60° 7' N., Taylor Mtns. A-8 quad., Kuskokwim Region. Alaska. Collector: J.M. Hoare, 1969]
Weyla
Oxytoma