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Sample:	Sample No. 22-24 ft -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. M2156
Locality:	Field No. 63ATr330
Description:	No Data; Grant-Mackie and Silberling, 1990, p. 254 provide the following locality data: USGS Mesozoic loc. M2157. Northern Alaska; Pt. Hope 1:250,000 quadrangle; single bed within partial section of Otuk Formation in low cuts on south bank of Kukpuk River. Coll.: I. L. Tailleur, 1963, field no. 63ATr330. Subterrane transitional between Endicott Mountains and North Slope subterranes of Arctic Alaska terrane. (from p. 254) *Measured Section - South bank of Kukpuk River; 68^o 17'25" N., 165^o 38'40" W. Collections designated by stratigraphic distance in feet below apparent top of vertically-dipping Shublik Formation.(description from Silberling E&R of 2/5/64; Shipment A-63-29M)
Location:	Alaska Quadrangle: Point Hope B-2 Lat.: 68^o17^'25 ^" Long.: 165^o38^'40 ^"

Reference

Title:	Report on Referred Fossils , 1964 (02/05)
	Though by the nature of the material the identifications are mostly quite inexact, these collections are significant in that they strongly suggest the condensed, but depositonally continuous, nature of the Shublik Formation. Depending on the age limits assumed for the Halobias in the lower beds, the 70 feet of strata from 22 feet down to 92 feet represent something between one and two stages of the Upper Triassic. A statement explaining my current usage of specific and subspecific names within the genus Monotis is attached. Many thanks for collecting this section for me.
Report by:	Norman J. Silberling
Referred by:	Irv L. Tailleur


Age:	Norian (late Norian)
Formation:	Otuk Formation (Revised; Robert B. Blodgett, 07/09/2008 ) (original assignment: Shublik Formation)





Comment:	[Upper Norian]

Occurrence(s)
No.	Group		Name	Qty	Notes
1	Bivalves		Monotis cf. M. ochotica

Measured Section

	Interval
122 ft	122
92 ft	92
77 ft	77
66 ft	66
63 ft	63
54 ft	54
48 ft	48
45 ft	45
40 ft	40
37 ft	37
33 ft	33
27 ft	27
22-24 ft	22 - 24