Lower Colville River, Locality 86/28
Northern Alaska Map | Leaf Fossils |
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Kogosukruk Tongue of the Prince Creek Formation. As with locality 86/27 this non-marine section consists of numerous low rank (sub-bituminous to bituminous) thin well-bedded to papery coals separated by yellow and gray mudstones and siltstones, sometimes showing cross bedding. Numerous ironstone float blocks contain Parataxodium leaves, cones, Quereuxia, fern fragments, part of a large tree base suggesting the original diameter was approximately 50 cm and the core of a ceratopsian horn that was described in Parrish et al. (1987).
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Interactive map of the lower reaches of the Colville River showing plant fossil localities sampled by Smiley (1969) and by Parrish and Spicer in 1986. | ||
Part of the exposure of the Prince Creek Formation (formerly the Kogosukruk Tongue of the Prince Creek Formation) on the western side of the Colville River between Uluksrak Bluff and Ocean Point. |