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Collections - USGS 11493 and 11606

 

 

 

 

Photograph of the USGS locality 11606

These localities belong to the Tuluvak Tongue of the Prince Creek Formation and are of Coniacian age. The fossil specimens at locality USGS 11606 are from siderite nodules within bentonitic clays underlying a prominent coals seam shown in the image on the right. A simplified graphic log of the USGS11606 locality is shown on the left.

A geological map showing the position of the USGS11606 locality may be accessed here.

These localities provide the Type Taphoflora for the Tuluvak Floral Phase.

 

Graphic log of the USGS11606 section
     

 

All fossils are from the Coniacian Tuluvak Formation and in the USNM collection.

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Locality

Spec. No.

Section

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Genus

 

Species

Author

Morphotype

116 11493 1 Tommy Crk. Angio. Indet. U178
118 11493 2 Tommy Crk. Angio.   Indet. HAPL(P)121
4 11493 4 Tommy Crk. Angio. Indet.     HAPL(P)121
117 11493 2 Tommy Crk. Conifer Cephalotaxopsis intermedia Hollick GCO199
17 11606 46 Price R. Trib. Angio. Indet.  MA91
5 11606 12 Price R. Trib. Angio. Credneria mixta Hollick HAPLTL112
8 11606 21 Price R. Trib. Angio. cf. Credneria mixta Hollick HAPLTL112
11 11606 27 Price R. Trib. Angio. Credneria truncatodendiculata Bell HAPLTL115
26 11606 12 Price R. Trib. Angio. Credneria mixta Hollick HAPLTL112
14 11606 36 Price R. Trib. Angio. Indet. (RO)170
6 11606 13 Price R. Trib. Angio. cf. Indet. U177
7 11606 14 Price R. Trib. Angio. cf.  Indet. HAPLTL113
15 11606 42 Price R. Trib. Angio. Indet. MA89
23 11606 65 Price R. Trib. Angio. cf. Indet. MA94
127 11606 17 Price R. Trib. Angio. Indet. MA87
13 11606 35 Price R. Trib. Angio. Indet.  HAPLTL116
19 11606 54 Price R. Trib. Angio. Indet.  HATR118
21 11606 62 Price R. Trib. Angio. Indet.  HAPLTL119
22 11606 64 Price R. Trib. Angio. cf.  Indet.  MA93
10 11606 22a Price R. Trib. Angio. Liriophyllum sp.  MA88
25 11606 22b Price R. Trib. Angio. cf.  Liriophyllum sp.  MA88
16 11606 43 Price R. Trib. Angio.   Magnolia   rhamnoides Bell MA90
1 11606 1 Price R. Trib. Angio. cf. Platanus   williamsi Bell HAPL(TL)110
4 11606 1 Price R. Trib. Angio.   Platanus   williamsi Bell HAPL(TL)110
24 11606 67 Price R. Trib. Angio. cf. Pterospermites whitei Ward HAPLTL120
3 11606 2 Price R. Trib. Angio. cf. Trochodendroides (Cercidiphyllum) ex gr.  arctica (Heer) Berry HATR111
9 11606 2 Price R. Trib. Angio. Trochodendroides (Cercidiphyllum) ex gr.  arctica (Heer) Berry HATR111
27 11606 2 Price R. Trib. Angio. Trochodendroides (Cercidiphyllum) ex gr.  arctica (Heer) Berry HATR111
18 11606 51 Price R. Trib. Angio. Indet.         
12 11606 28 Price R. Trib. Conifer Indet.  GCO198
20 11606 61 Price R. Trib. Conifer Indet.  GCO198
128 11606 29 Price R. Trib. Conifer Indet. 
128 11606 29 Price R. Trib. Fern  Cladophlebis (Dennstaedtia?) columbiana Dawson F81
124 11606 3 Price R. Trib. Ginkgo. cf.  Ginkgo ex gr.  adiantoides (Unger) Heer GG8
70 11606 43 Price R. Trib. Angio. Magnolia rhamnoides Bell MA90