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Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic
Kinds of fossils: Mollusks
Quadrangle or area: Lisburne Peninsula, Alaska
Shipment No.: A-64-18M
Referred by: Tailleur, Irv L.
Report prepared by: Jones, David L.
Date: 11/26/1964


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Brief statement of problem and remarks (from collector):
Fossils contained in calcareous lenses/boudins in clay shale unit underlying Fortress Mtn. Fm. equivalent nearby. Overlooked in 1961 but discovered by British Petroleum geologists in 1964. From terrane similar to that containing pyritized Buchia and coquinoid Buchia
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64ATr204F (Mesozoic loc. M2441) , De Long Mts , Lisburne Peninsula, Alaska, DeLong Mtns., 1:250,000 quad. Lat. 68 deg. 37' N., long. 164 deg. 11' W. On Ipewik River. Coll: O.L. Tailleur, T. P. Miller, 1964. (description from D.L. Jones E&R report, 11/16/64) [I.L. Tailleur, 1964. On Ipewik River on north side of DeLong Mountains near USGS Mesozoic loc. 29164, lat. 68 deg. 37' N., long 164 deg. 11' W., northern Alaska. Unnamed beds. Late Pliensbachian. (from Imlay, 1981, p. 24)]; [USGS Mesozoic loc. M2441. Ipewik River, De Long Mountains, lat 68°37' N., long 164°11' W. ... . Amaltheus sp. (description from Imlay and Detterman, 1973, p. 22)]
Amaltheus sp.