Alaska Paleontological Database

Sample Detail

Sample:	Sample No. 60AMr 134 -- USGS No. M1030
Locality:	Field No. 60AMr 134
Description:	Locally derived blocks of argillite on north shore of lake at foot of Chamberlain Glacier, 1.78 miles N. 31^o E. of the lake outlet source of the Akwe River.
Location:	Alaska Quadrangle: Yakutat B-3 Lat.: 59^o20^'57 ^" Long.: 138^o45^'15 ^"

Reference

Title:	Report on Referred Fossils , 1961 (01/30)
	This report covers two lots of fossils collected from the Yakutat formation by Don. J. Miller.
Report by:	David L. Jones
Referred by:	Don J. Miller


Age:	Late Jurassic (Late Jurassic ?)






Comment:	Specimens preserved as internal molds which show the typical byssal notch of Buchia but are not well enough preserved for specific identification. Their elongate outline is suggestive of B. piochii of Late Jurassic age.