Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. No Data -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. M8325
Locality: Field No. No Data
Description: (No field number assigned). 50 yards south of Benchmark "Why". Latitude: 58o 16' N., longitude 151o 50' W. North coast of Marmot Island. Kodiak Formaiton.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Afognak A-0 & B-0
Township&Range: T22S R16W Section: Sec.13
Lat.: 58o16' " Long.: 151o50' "
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1986 (05/15)
Report by: John W. Miller
Referred by: Don Fisher
Age: Maastrichtian (early Maastrichtian)
Formation: Kodiak Formation
Comment:Age: Early Cretaceous (Early Maestrichtian)

Note: Inoceramus kusiroensis also occurs in the Shumagin Formation of the Shumagin Islands, the Hoodoo and Kaguyak Formations of the Alaska Peninsula which are deep-water and shallow-water deposits. It is thought that Inoceramus kusiroensis may have had a pseudoplanktonic habit, possibly attached to seaweed.

Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus kusiroensis (Nagao and Matsumoto)