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Sample No. 53ASa256f -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. M1863
Locality:
Field No. 53ASa256f
Description:
No description given in Kummel E&R report of Feb. 11, 1954 (Shipment A-53-27); however, transmittal sheet of Sable dated Dec. 2, 1953 states: "Cut bank west side of "Match Creek" 1.1 miles south of mouth of creek at west end of high Triassic ridge. Interbedded black limestone, shale, chert; olive-gray to dark gray sandstone, siltstone, clayshale." [N.J. Silberling's "The USGS "Triassic Collection" CD (February 1998, Revised July 1998), p. 187 provides following description: "Northern Alaska, Point Hope 1:250,000 quad. Creek 6.8 miles east of Cape Lisburne. Cut bank west side "Match Creek", 1.1 miles south of mouth of creek at west end of high Triassic ridge. Collector: E.G. Sable, August 23, 1953. Field No: 53ASa256f."]
Location:
Alaska Quadrangle:
Point Hope
D-2
Reference
Title:
Report on Referred Fossils
, 1954 (02/11)
Report by:
Bernhard Kummel
Referred by:
E. G. Sable
Age:
Norian
Comment:
All the specimens are fragmentary but the presence of
Entomonotis subcircularis
in each lot is certain. A Norian age is thus indicated for all the lots.
Occurrence(s)
No.
Group
Name
Qty
Notes
1
Bivalves
Entomonotis subcircularis
5
2
Bivalves
?Halobia sp.