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Stratigraphic range: Triassic (field assignment)
Kinds of fossils: Pelecypods
Quadrangle or area: Point Hope, Alaska
Shipment No.: A-62-1M
Referred by: Tailleur, Irv L.
Report prepared by: Silberling, Norman J.
Date: 02/14/1962


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Brief statement of problem and remarks (from collector):
Poorly preserved forms from limy horizon within shale member; fossil horizons persists acroiss western and central North Slope and may be related to mid-Triassic ammonoid zone. Horizon infrequently exposed and the forms have been given various names in the past.
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61ATr106F , Point Hope , Shublik Formation, shale member. Rubble and subcrop, within 50 feet E. of gully on N. bank of Ipewik as it curves SW to cut through Lisburne Hills. 68 deg. 24'33" N. lat, 165 deg. 33'28" W. long (description from Silberling E&R report of 1/22/62 [Shipment A-62-1M] - transmittal sheet of Tailleur of 01/22/1962 adds coordinates of: (15.82, 7.4)
Shell fragments of Posidonia sp. indet.