Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 9489 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Alaska (61.3° N, 142.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 69.9° N, 95.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kennicott Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• within 200-300 feet at the base of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1959. New genera of early Cretaceous (Albian) Ammonites from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 33(1):179-185 [M. Aberhan/M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38506: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 23.04.2004, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae
Ptychoceras cf. laeve Gabb 1869 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Anagaudryceras aurarium Anderson 1938 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Kennicottia rugosa Imlay 1960 ammonite
Leconteites modestus Anderson 1938 ammonite
"Puzosigella spp." = Leconteites Casey 1954 ammonite
"Leconteites deansii" = Leconteites deansi Whiteaves 1893 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Moffitites robustus Imlay 1959 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Aucellina sp. Pompeckj 1901 scallop