Alaska Paleontological Database

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Sample:	Sample No. 65ATr38 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. M2938
Locality:	Field No. 65ATr38
Description:	DeLong Mtns. quad. at 68^o 26' 30" N., 162^o 42'00" W., sec. 33, T. 11 S., R. 46 W.; talus and float along small valley tributary to large branch of upper Kukpwruk River. Numerous Buchia in quartzitic wacke; apparently near base of unit because fossils found only near contact with chert.(description from E&R report); 68°26'30", 162°42'11" (description from Ellersieck et al., 1990)
Location:	Alaska Quadrangle: De Long Mts B-2 Township&Range: T11S R46W Section: Sec.33 Lat.: 68^o26^'30 ^" Long.: 162^o42^'00 ^"

Reference

Title:	Report on Referred Fossils , 1966 (01/10)
	This report covers collections of fossils from scattered localities in northern Alaska. Most of the fossils are Buchias of Valanginian age, including some fairly well preserved specimens of B. "sublaevis" from coquinoid limestone. Several collections of Jurassic fossils will be sent to R.W. Imlay. [Note by R.B. Blodgett: locality descriptions combines data from E&R report (by Jones) and Request for Examination of Fossils sheet (submitted by Tailleur)]
Report by:	David L. Jones
Referred by:	Irv L. Tailleur


Age:	Valanginian

Occurrence(s)
No.	Group		Name	Qty	Notes
1	Bivalves		Buchia sublaevis

Title:	Reconnaissance geologic map of the De Long Mountains A-2 and B-2 quadrangles and part of the C-2 quadrangle, Alaska , 1990

Report by:	Inyo Ellersieck , Steven M. Curtis , Inyo Ellersieck , Irv L. Tailleur


Age:	No Data (- Valanginian)
Formation:	Okpikruak Formation





Comment:	Fossil age: Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) Map unit: Ko1, Okpikruak Formation (Cretaceous), Brooks Range Allochthon, Key Creek Sequence Fossil type: Pelecypods Identified by D.L.Jones (br>Shown as locality 2 on Sheets 1 and 2

Occurrence(s)
No.	Group		Name	Qty	Notes
1	Bivalves		Pelecypods