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Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Kinds of fossils: Mollusks
Quadrangle or area: Medfra (B-6) and (C-3), West Central
Shipment No.: A-78-47M
Referred by: Patton, William W., Jr.
Report prepared by: Jones, David L.
Date: 12/05/1978

Four collections.

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77APa49 (Mesozoic loc. M7026) , Medfra , Medfra (B-6) 1:63360 quadrangle. Unnamed hill about 5.7 miles N-NE of Fossil Mountain. Elevation 1500 ft (457 m). Latitude: 63 deg. 28.00' N; Longitude: 155 deg. 52.00' W; Township: 23S; Range: 16E; Section: 30; Collector: W.W. Patton, 1977. Field Identifier: 77APa49. (from Elder and Miller, 1991, p. 41); [USGS Mesozoic Locality: M7026. Alaska, Medfra (B-6) 1:63360 quadrangle. Unnamed hill about 5.7 miles N-NE of Fossil Mountain. Elevation 1,500 ft (457 m). Latitude: 63°28.00'N, longitude: 155°52.00'W. Sec. 30, T23S, R16E. Collector:W . W. Patton, 1977. Field Identifier: 77APa49. (description from Elder and Box, 1992, p. 38).]
Inoceramus concentricus Parkinson
Ostrea sp.
78-APa-21A (M7027) , Medfra , Medfra (B-6) Quadrangle. Unnamed ridge about 10 miles north-nothwest of the center of Page Mountain. T. 23 S., R. 17 E., Section 18. Latitude 63 deg. 29 min. N; Longitude 155 deg. 41 min. W.
Inoceramus sp.
78APa136 (Mesozoic loc. M7234, M7028) , Medfra , Talus on a spur that trends north from Hill 2727; dark pebbly mudstone. Recollection of M7028. - from E&R report [Patton's remark: Recollection of ammonite beds in A-78-47M.][Elder and Miller, 1991, p. 45 provide following description: "Talus on a spur trending N from hill 2727. Elevation 2500 ft (762 m). Latitude: 63 deg. 36.00' N; Longitude: 154 deg. 11.00' W; Township: 22S; Range: 24E; Section: 11; SW quarter; Collector: W.W. Patton, 1979. Field Identifier: 78APa136"]
Tropaeum sp. ?
Indeterminate Gastropod
Possible wood fragment
78-APa-164G (M7029) , Medfra , Medfra (C-3) Quadrangle. On east-facing slope of 2,900-plus foot hill that is approximately 1.8 km west of hill 3655. In talus, T. 22 S., R. 24 E., Section 12. Latitude 63 deg. 36 min. N; Longitude 154 deg. 09 min. W.
Acroteuthis sp.