Also known as Field no. NF92AK 41
Where: Alaska (69.8° N, 148.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 81.0° N, 127.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Franklin Bluffs Member (Sagavanirktok Formation), Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Stratigraphic position 41.5 m above base of measured section.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray mudstone and claystone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collected by N. O. Frederiksen
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,
• The samples were collected by Frederiksen in August, 1992.
Primary reference: N. O. Frederiksen, L. E. Edwards, T. Fouch, L. Carter, and T. Collett. 1994. Palynomorph biostratigraphy of Eocene samples from the Sagavanirktok Formation at Franklin Bluffs, North Slope of Alaska. Open-File Report 94-653more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 237839: authorized by Phillip Jardine, entered by Hannah Morck on 19.12.2024
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Pseudoplicapollis sp. Krutzsch 1967 | |
Bombacacidites "paulus type" Couper 1960 | |
Caryapollenites "prodromus group type 1", Caryapollenites "prodromus group type 2", Carya "less than 29 µm", Pterocarya "5- to 8-porate"
Caryapollenites "prodromus group type 1" Potonié 1960
Caryapollenites "prodromus group type 2" Potonié 1960
Carya "less than 29 µm" Nuttall 1818 hickory
Pterocarya "5- to 8-porate" Kunth 1824 wingnut | |
Alnipollenites verus Potonie 1931 birch | |
Triatriopollenites spp. Thomson and Pflug 1953 | |
Liquidambar "type A" Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Horniella "sp. 1" Traverse 1955 |