Alaska Paleontological Database

Reference Detail

Report on Referred Fossils

Stratigraphic range:

Devonian and Silurian-Devonian

Kinds of fossils:

Corals

Quadrangle or area:

Kantishna and Beaver

Shipment No.:

A-72-11

Referred by:

Brosge, William P.

Report prepared by:

Oliver, William A., Jr.

Date:

11/30/1972

P.S. Representative portions of these collections are being added to our reference set. The balance of the collection will be discarded unless we are instructed otherwise.

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Brief statement of problem and remarks (from collector):
Be21 and RR31 are from metamorphosed limestone of unknown age. They are probably Devonian, but are not necessarily both from the same unit. Might they be Carboniferous or Permian? RR73 is from the Tolovana Limestone.

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72ARR73 (8988-SD) , Kantishna River , Kantisha Quad. 64 deg. 58 1/2' N., 150 deg. 11' W. Vertical beds of dark gray calcilutite and fine-grained fetid limestone. Collections are from middle of section. Thamnopora-like corals from top of hill; cephalopod and septate corals from 300 ft. plus-or-minus stratigraphically below to north. (description from Reiser's Request for examination of Fossils sheet)

Favosites sp. (ramose and Thamnopora-like)

Acanthophyllum sp.

Dendrostella cf. D. rhenana (Frech)

Sociophyllum cf. S. glomeratum (Crickmay)

72ABe21 (8989-SD) , Beaver , Beaver Quad. East bank of unnamed tributary to Hodzana River. 66 deg. 40.1' N., 148 deg. 46 1/2' W. Rubble of recrystallized gray limestone and dolomitic limestone. Crinoids, a snail and abundant unidentifiable cylinders. Are they corals, crinoids or big bryozoans? (description from Reiser's Request for Examination of Fossils form)

Cladopora? sp.

Syringopora sp.

Large horn coral indet.

Bryozoans?

72ARR31 (8990-SD) , Beaver , Beaver Quad. 66 deg. 55 1/2' N., 148 deg. 34 1/2' W. Rubble of dark gray recrystallized limestone with large crinoid stems. (description from Reiser's Request for Examination of Fossils form)

Favositoid corals

Bryozoans

Crinoidal debris