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KIALAGVIK FORMATION At Wide Bay on the Alaska Peninsula the lowest exposed beds of the Kialagvik Formation contain Tmetoceras scissum (Zone 1) but no other ammonites. The overly beds have furnished an abunance of ammonite including Tmetoceras, Pseudolioceras, Planammatoceras, Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras), Erycites, E (Kialagvikes), and Abbasites (Zone 2). Directly above follow beds that are characterized by Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) widebayense (Zone 3) in association with Witchellia, Sonninia (Euhoploceras) and Sonninia (Alaskoceras). Still higher the upper 200 feet (61 m) of the Kialagvik Formation have furnished many specimens of Parabigotites crassicostatus Imlay associated with, or directly underlying Sonnina, Eudmetoceras, Bradfordia, Otoites, Stephenoceras, Stephenoceras, Stemmatoceras and Arkelloceras (Imlay, 1964, Prof. Paper 418-B, p. B18, B54). The presence of these ammonites shows that Zone 1 correlates with the European Ludwigia murchisonae Zone, Zone 2 with the Graphoceras concavum Zone, Zone 3 with most of the Sonninia sowerbyi Zone, and Zone 4 with the lower part of the Otoites sauzei Zone. The only pelecypod of known age significance is Inoceras lucifer Eichwald which ranges throughout the Kialagvik Formation on the Alaska Peninsula. Elsewhere in southern Alaska it does extend a little higher but terminates just below the lowest occurrence of Chondroceras and Teloceras (Imlay, Prof. Paper 801, p. 11). AMMONITE ZONES IN WIDE BAY AREA ARRANGED FROM HIGHEST TO LOWER Zone 4. Parabigotites crassicostatus at localities 80ACe177A, 199B, TPp5. Associated with Bradfordia and Abbasites and directly underlying beds containing Sonninia, Eudmetoceras, Otoites, Stephenoceras, Stemmatoceras. Zone 3. Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) widebayense at localities 80ACe138c, 174, 174A, 174B, 175A, 175B & 177C. Other characteristic zone fossils include D. (P.) paucinodosum, D. (P.) widebayense, D. (P.) cf. D. (P.) camachoi and Euhoploceras bifurcata, Witchellia and Alaskoceras. Zone 2. Erycitoides howelli at localities 80ACe139, 161, 162, 163, 163A, 163B, 164, 175 to 176 (float), 199C, 200, 200A, 201, 202, 202 and 202A, 203, TPp 1(?), TPp 2. Other characteristic zone fossils includes Pseudolioceras whiteavesi, Abbasites, Planammatoceras, Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras), Erycitoides and E. (Kialagvikes). Zone 1. Tmetoceras scissum. This genus underlies and ranges up into the zone of Erycitoides howelli. LOCALITY OCCURRENCES OF AMMONITES IN THE KIALAGVIK FORMATION Phylloceras cf. P. kunthi Neumayr - 80ACe177A, 80ACe177C Holcophylloceras - 80ACe177A, B and E, 80ACe199A Partschiceras? - 80ACe177D Tmetoceras scissum (Benecke) - 80ACe163 float, 80ACe200. Pseudolioceras whiteavesi (White) - 80ACe161 (float), 80ACe163B, 80ACe 175A, 80ACe200, 80ACe201 Abbasites platystomus Westermann - 80ACe175 to 176 (float), 80ACe177A, 80ACe199C (in place) Abbasites? sp. - 80ACe139 Planammatoceras? aff. P. benneri (Hoffman)? - 80ACe177C Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras klimakomphalus discoidale Westermann - 80ACe163B, 80ACe174A, 80ACe175A Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras) sp. - 80ACe174, 80ACe163 (float) Eudmetoceras? sp. - 80ACe175A Erycitoides howelli (White) - 80ACe200A, 80ACe200, 80ACe166, 80ACe162, 80ACe162 (float), 80ACe163A & 163B, 80ACe202 & 202A (float), 80ACe164. Erycitoides cf. E. howelli (White) - 80ACe161 (in place), TPp 2, 80ACe163 (in place) Erycitoides sp. - 80ACe163 (float), 80ACe200A Erycitoides? sp. - TP; 1, 80ACe163A (Fault slice) Erycitoides profundus Westermann - 80ACe161 (in place) Erycitoides cf. E. profundus Westermann - 80ACe203 Erycitoides teres Westermann - 80ACe161 (float) Erycitoides cf. E. teres Westermann - 80ACe163 (float) Erycitoides (Kialagvikes) kialagvikensis Westermann - 80ACe161 (float), 80ACe162 (float), 80ACe163 (in place), 80ACe163 (float), 80ACe200A Erycitoides (Kialagvikes) spinatus Westermann - 80ACe164 Erycitoides (Kialagvikes) sp. - 80ACe163B Docidoceras? (Pseudocidoceras?) pacuinodosum Westermann - 80ACe174 Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) widebayense Westermann - 80ACe174A Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) cf. D. (P.) camachoi Westermann - 80ACe138C Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras sp. - 80ACe175A (in place) Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) sp. - 80ACe175A (in place) Docidoceras? sp. juv. - 80ACe174A cf. Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) - 80ACe174B Euhoploceras bifurcata Westermann - 80ACe175B Euhoploceras? sp. - 80ACe175B (float) Parabigotites crassicostatus Imlay - 80ACe199B, 80ACe177A, 80TPp 5 |