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Sample: Sample No. 57AGz4 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. 26729
Locality: Field No. 57AGz4
Description: Anchorage (D-2). Coordinates 0.94-14.32. Lat. 61o 57'26" N., Long. 147o 43'15" W. (description from Imlay E&R report dated 12/12/57)
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Anchorage D-2
Lat.: 61o57'26 " Long.: 147o43'15 "
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1957 (10/18)
Report by: Ralph W. Imlay
Referred by: Arthur Grantz
Age: Cretaceous
Formation: Matanuska Formation
Comment:The inocerami in collections 57AG4, 67, and 101 resemble species from the lower part of the Matanuska formation and are unlike the species from the Jurassic. The single coral in collection 57AGz4 can be matched in others from the Talkeetna formation. Mesozoic corals have not been found above the Lower Jurassic in Alaska.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus sp.
2 Crustaceans Crustacean fragment
3 Annelida Worm tube
4 Scleractinian Corals Coral (probably derived from Talkeetna fm)