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Description:
Holotype came from crest of ridge between Cassiterite Creek and Lost River, about 5000 feet N. 12
o
W. of Cassiterite Mine. Collected in 1940 by J.B. Mertie, Jr. (description from Miller and Kummel, 1945, p. 128)
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Teller
B-5
Reference
Title:
A new genus of Early Paleozoic cephalopods from Alaska
, 1945
Abstract.--The generic name
Alaskoceras
is proposed for "
Plectoceras
"
sewardense
Flower from Seward Peninsula. The type specimens of this species are figured and described, and it concluded that the beds which yielded them are probably Early Ordovician in age.
Report by:
A. K. Miller
,
Bernhard Kummel
Age:
Early Ordovician
(probably Early Ordovician)
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Nautiloids
Alaskoceras sewardense (Flower)