Alaska Paleontological Database

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Sample:	Sample No. 70ARr 271 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. M5585
Locality:	Field No. 70ARr 271
Description:	Ignek Valley, 2.8 miles S., 80^o W. of entrance to Katakturuk Canyon. Latitude: 69^o, 34 min., 58 sec. N.; longitude: 145^o, 42 min., 50 sec. W. (description from Miller E&R report of 6/3/81) [Collected from shale and siltstone between two narrow Ignek sandstone ridges on the north side of Ignek Valley. (description from Bergquist E&R report of 12/10/1972)]
Location:	Alaska Quadrangle: Mt Michelson C-3 Township&Range: T3N R26E Section: Sec.27 Lat.: 69^o34^'58 ^" Long.: 145^o42^'50 ^"

Reference

Title:	Report on Referred Fossils , 1972 (12/20)
	The following scattered samples yielded only a few Forams but these could be identified only generically and hence no age determination could be made. The samples are 70A Rr 221, 258A, 258C, 271, and 399, all collected in the Sagavanirktok quadrangle.
Report by:	Harlan Bergquist
Referred by:	H. N. Reiser


Age:	No Data

Occurrence(s)
No.	Group		Name	Qty	Notes
1	Forams		Verneuilinoides sp.	several
2	Forams		Trochammina? sp.	5
3	Forams		Haplophragmoides sp.	2	distorted tests with numerous chambers.

Title:	Report on Referred Fossils , 1981 (06/03)

Report by:	John W. Miller
Referred by:	Robert L. Detterman


Age:	Albian (Early Cretaceous (Middle Albian))






Comment:	Age: Early Cretaceous (Middle Albian)

Occurrence(s)
No.	Group		Name	Qty	Notes
1	Bivalves		Arctica? sp.
2	Bivalves		Astarte ignekensis Imlay
3	Bivalves		Entolium sp.
4	Bivalves		Oxytoma camselli McLearn
5	Bivalves		Placunopsis sp.
6	Annelida		Ditrupa cornu Imlay