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Sample No. 44AWWF64 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 19997
Locality:
Field No. 44AWWF64
Description:
[Shown as locality 77 on Pl. 3 of Detterman and Hartsock, 1966] [Entry in USGS Mesozoic Fossil Locality register (Washington, D.C.) provides following description: "44AWWF64. Middle Jurassic-Tuxedni, Fitz Creek siltstone. SW Alaska, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula. SW side of Tonnie Creek about 1850 ft. upstream fromthe trail at the mouth of the canyon and 1.22 miles S 58 3/4
o
E of Tonnie Peak, about 60 ft. above stream level. Strat. Pos. 400 ft. above the base of the Fitz Creek. Lithology - greenish - gray and reddish brown shale with stringers of shaly sandstone. Coll. Schoonover 44NB Kellum #3 P 1, Sept. 26, 1944."]
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Iliamna
D-1
Reference
Title:
Geology of the Iniskin-Tuxedni Region, Alaska
, 1966
Report by:
Robert L. Detterman
,
John K. Hartsock
Age:
Bajocian
(middle Bajocian)
Formation:
Fitz Creek Siltstone
Comment:
Geographic location: Tonnie Creek-Twist Creek area
Map reference (pl. 3): 77
Stratigraphic position below top of formation (ft): 400
all above data from Table 6, p. 32
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Parallelodon sp.
2
Bivalves
Inoceramus sp.
3
Bivalves
Pteria sp.
4
Bivalves
Pecten sp.
5
Bivalves
Pholadomya sp.
6
Bivalves
Lucina sp.
7
Ammonoids
Holcophylloceras cf. H. costisparsum Imlay
8
Ammonoids
Normannites (Itinsaites) crickmayi (McLearn)
9
Ammonoids
Normannites (I.) itinsae (McLearn)
10
Ammonoids
Zemistephanus richardsoni (Whiteaves)