Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 80AJD106 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. M7438
Locality: Field No. 80AJD106
Description: Sleetmute (D-5) quadrangle. About 1/2 miles NW of mouth of California Creek on north shore of Kuskokwim River. Lat. 61o, 53 min. N., long 157o, 39 min. W. NE1/4 sec. 26, T. 21 N., R. 26 W. (description from Jones & Miller E&R report of 6/17/81) [Elder and Miller, 1991, p. 32 provide following description: "Sleetmute (D-5) 1:63360 quadrangle. NW of mouth of California Creek at Kuskokwim River. Elevation 200 ft (61 m). Latitude: 61o 53.00' N; Longitude: 157o 39.00' W; Township: 21N; Range: 26W; Section: 26; SE/NE quarter; Collector: John Decker, 1980. Field Identifier: 80AJD106."]; [USGS Mesozoic Locality: 18646. Alaska, Sleetmute (D-4) 1:63360 quadrangle. NE side of spur between Cribby Creek and Kuskokwim River. Elevation 850 ft (259 m). Latitude: 61°48.50'N, longitude: 157°19.00'W. SW1/4, sec. 19, T20N, R44W. Collector:W . M. Cady, 1941. Field Identifier: 41ACa125. (description from Elder and Box, 1992, p. 38).]
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Sleetmute D-5
Township&Range: T21N R26W Section: NE 1/4 sec. 26
Lat.: 61o53'00 " Long.: 157o39'00 "
Reference
Title: Maps showing fossil localities and checklists of Jurassic and Cretaceous macrofauna of western Alaska ,  1991
Report by: William P. Elder , John W. Miller
Age: Cenomanian-Turonian (late Cenomanian - early Turonian)
Comment:Map Locality Number: 106

Age: late Cenomanian-early Turonian

Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus pictus minus Matsumoto

Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1981 (06/17)
This report concerns 7 collections from the Southwestern Alaska project.
Report by: David L. Jones , John W. Miller
Referred by: Joseph M. Hoare , John D. Decker
Age: Cretaceous
Comment:Age: Cretaceous. This unnamed species could be as old as Late Neocomian.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus sp. This unnamed species could be as old as late Neocomian.

Title: Late Cretaceous inoceramid bivalves of the Kuskokwim Basin, southwestern Alaska, and their implications for basin evolution: The Paleontological Society, Memoir 26 ,  1992
Report by: William P. Elder , Stephen Box
Age: Cenomanian-Turonian (late Cenomanian - early Turonian)
Formation: Kuskokwim Group
Comment:Shown as Map number 32 on Figure 1.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus pictus minus Matsumoto USNM 452171, illustrated, latex peel of external mold of flattened left valve, Fig. 10.9