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Sample:
Sample No. 68-ARh-234 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. M5092
Locality:
Field No. 68-ARh-234
Description:
Nabesna B-4 quad. Lat. 62
o
17.3'N; Long. 142
o
31.5'W. Elev. 6200 feet in NW 1/4 sec. 19, R16E, T6N. Massive limestone unit. (description from transmittal sheet of Richter dated Sept. 27, 1968.
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Nabesna
B-4 Township&Range: T6N R16E Section: NW1/4 sec. 19
Lat.: 62
o
17.3
'
Long.: 142
o
31.5
'
Reference
Title:
Report on Referred Fossils
, 1968 (11/13)
Report by:
Norman J. Silberling
Referred by:
Donald H. Richter
Age:
Late Triassic
(suggestive of Late Triassic)
Comment:
Among the fossil fragments in this specimen is one suggestive of the Upper Triassic hydrozoan coelenterate
Heptastylis
, but the rock is too recrystallized to make further investigation worthwhile.
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Hydrozoans
suggestive of the hydrozoan Heptastylis