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Stratigraphic range: Middle and Upper Triassic
Kinds of fossils: Pelecypods
Quadrangle or area: Pt. Hope, Alaska
Shipment No.: A-64-23M
Referred by: Tailleur, Irv L.
Report prepared by: Silberling, Norman J.
Date: 01/25/1965

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64AMm248 (Mesozoic locs M2537 - M2543) , Point Hope , Noyalik Pt. (166 deg. 11' W, 68 deg. 45'30" N). From base up: 0-5'; 10' (2 bags); 15' (marked in 10' bag); 24'; 61'; 66'; 72' (marked, in 61' bag.) Collections designated by stratigraphic distance in feet above base of measured section. Time-stratigraphic assignment for each collection is the known range for the taxon (or taxa) represented.
Halobia of the H. zitteli - H. ornatissima group 0 - 5
Halobia sp. indet. 10 - 10
Indet. halobiid 15 - 15
indet. halobiid 24 - 24
Monotis cf. M. subcircularis 61 - 61
Monotis cf. M. ochotica 66 - 66
Monotis cf. M. ochotica 72 - 72
64AMm248a (Mesozoic loc. M2544) , Point Hope , Same locality [as 64AMm248]; top of detached 5-foot. (description from Silberling E&R report of 1/25/65; Shipment A-64-23M)
Halobia of the H. zitteli - H. ornatissima group
64AAn61 (Mesozoic loc. M2545) , Point Hope , Ipewick River; upper 8 feet of 55-foot section. (description from Silbering E&R report of 1/25/65; Shipment A-64-23M)[[Transmittal sheet of Tailleur, dated Oct. 2, 1964 states: "Ipewik River section (165 deg. 39' W, 68 deg. 24'30" N) Upper 8' of 55' section over est. 20' cover then Siksikpuk? Formation."]; [USGS Mesozoic loc. M2545. Northern Alaska; Pt. Hope 1:250,000 quadrangle; Ipewik River; upper 8 ft (2.4 m) of exposed 55 ft (17 m) thick section of Otuk Formation; lat. 68°24.5'N., long. 165°39'W. Submitted by I. L. Tailleur, field no. 64AAn61. Subterrane transitional in character between North Slope and Endicott Mountains subterranes of Arctic Alaska terrane. (from p. 254 of Grant-Mackie and Silberling, 1990)
Monotis subcircularis
Monotis cf. M. ochotica (Keyserling)
64AAn114 (Mesozoic locs. M2546 - M2549) , Point Hope , Northern section. (166 deg. 00'W, 68 deg. 48'30") Top down: 0-15'; 33-37' (w bags); 47'; 63-64'. (Rest of section unfossiliferous and not yet compiled). About five miles north-northwest of Mt. Hamlet. Collections designated by stratigraphic distance in feet below top of measured section.
Monotis ochotica (Keyserling) 0 - 15
Monotis cf. M. subcircularis 0 - 15
Halobia cf. H. ornatissima Smith, 1927 33 - 37
Halobia of H. zitteli - H. ornatissima group 47 - 47
Daonella frami Kittl 63 - 64
64ATr213J (Mesozoic loc. M2550) , Point Hope , Agate Rock; 14 feet of Monotis beds 17 feet from top of exposed section. (description from Silberling E&R report of 1/25/65; Shipment A-64-23M) [Transmittal sheet of Tailleur, dated Oct. 2, 1964 states: Agate Rock section (165 deg. 57'W, 68 deg. 08'N). 14' Monotis limestone set 17' from top of exposed section and overlying 16' set of chert with fossiliferous shale partings, possible fault, and 105-110 of sulfidic shale (mudstone) and chert upper part, and sulfidic mudstone basal 14'."]
Monotis subcircularis
Monotis cf. M. ochotica (Keyserling)
64ATr214 (Mesozoic loc. M2551) , Point Hope , South of Agate Rock; 12 feet of Monotis beds under about 43 feet of barren beds. (description from Silberling E&R report of 1/25/65; Shipment A-64-23M) [Transmittal sheet of Tailleur, dated Oct. 2, 1964 states: "(165 deg. 55'W, 68 deg. 55'N) South of Agate Rock; 12' Monotis limestone under about 43' of barren chert and interbedded cherty mudstone and shale."]
Monotis cf. M. subcircularis
64ATr120 (Mesozoic loc. M2552) , Point Hope , About 8 miles south-southeast of Mt. Hamlet. (description from Silberling E&R report of 1/25/65; Shipment A-64-23M)[Transmittal sheet of Tailleur, dated Oct. 2, 1964 states: "(165 deg. 47'N, 68 deg. 40'N). About 8 miles southeast of Mt. Hamlet. Slat [probably meant "slab" not by R.B. Blodgett] of well preserved Monotis"]; [USGS Mesozoic loc. M2552. Northern Alaska; Pt. Hope 1:250,000 quadrangle; single slab from Otuk Formation about 8 miles (13 km) south southeast of Mt. Hamlet; 165°47'W., 68°40'N. Coll.: I. L. Tailleur, field no. 64ATr120. Same subterrane as M2545. (description from Grant-Mackie and Silberling, 1990, p. 254)]
Monotis ochotica cf. M. o. pachypleura (Teller, 1886)
64AAn115 , Point Hope , No description provided in E&R report or on accompanying transmittal sheet of Tailleur, however, an accompanying photocopy of the 1:250,000 scale map sheet indicates that this locality is in the Pt. Hope D-2 quad. (comment by R.B. Blodgett)
Pelecypod(?) shell fragments