US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for ALASKA

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
Kanaga IslandAleutians EastAKmollusksChlamysAK0001|,
Cape LisburneAleutians West?AKCoal seams with Mesozoic plantsMesozoic?AK0002|,
Cape LisburneAleutians West?AKIn massive Limestone-chert above mixed sedimentsPennsylvaniancorals and bryozoaAK0003|,
Cape LisburneAleutians West?AKin thin bedded Pennsylvanian mixed sedimentsPennsylvanianbrachiopods,trilobites,cephalopods,mollusksAK0004|,
Tununak-NelsonBethelAK65d45m N 165d Wleaf imprints. Amber in float on beach.AK0005|,
Alaska RangeBethel?AKOrdovician fossils on West Side.Ordovician?AK0006|,
FairbanksFairbanks-North StarAKAt filled in beaver pond on S Fairbanks CreekPleistocenePelecypods - Spisula,SchizothaerusAK0007|,
FairbanksFairbanks-North StarAKEngineer Creek in Pleistocene peat muckPleistocenemollusksAK0008|,
FairbanksFairbanks-North StarAKNE in tailings between Ester Creek and Cripple CreekPleistoceneGastropods -- Helisoma,Stagnicola,Gyralus,Valvata; mastodon,camel,antelope,moose,deer. sheep,muskox,yak,sloth,beaver,rodents,rabbit.AK0009|,
FairbanksFairbanks-North StarAKRegional gravel pits in muck bedsPleistoceneplants,Bison,birds,Insectivores,Chiroptera (bats),bear,dire wolves,wolf,coyote,fox,badger,skunk,weasel,otter,wolverine,Smilodon,lion. lynx,elephantAK0010|,
Glacier BayHainesAKFossiliferousPaleozoic LowerLeperditia,Acervularia,MegalomusAK0011|,
Glacier BayHainesAKshells,corals in thick Carboniferous LimestoneCarboniferous?AK0012|,
HomerKenai PeninsulaAKin noduleOligoceneKenai (Alaska)Fish fossilAK0013|,
Pybus BayKetchikan GatewayAKAt Admiralty Is in Cretaceous Lower LimestoneCretaceous LowerAucellaAK0014|,
KaguyakKodiak IslandAKIn cutbanks along coast at 58d37mN 153d55mW roughly 100m above Naknek Formation USGS Mesozoic 25280Cretaceous UpperMollusks-Inoceramus,Pleuromya;AmmonitesAK0015http://www.alaskafossil.com/ Loc 358d37mN 153d55mW|,
KodiakKodiak IslandAKTriassic Fossils in contorted shales and Limestones on Woody IslandTriassic?AK0016|,
Swikshak BayKodiak IslandAKNW of Swikshak Bay,Afognak QuadEocene?Plants-AlnusAK0017http://www.alaskafossil.com/ Loc 1,2 RPO-158,RAW-101|,
Kujulik BayLake and PeninsulaAK56d30m N 158d Wpetrified woodAK0018|,
PalmerMatanuska-SusitnaAKFossils reported at fee collecting site At Atlanta House at Milepost 166 on Glenn Hwy?AK0019|,
Talkeetna DomeMatanuska-Susitna?AK13 km from Glenn Hwy,marine shalespoorly preserved PectenAK0020|,
Cape MountainNomeAKOn E flankMississippian-PennsylvanianfossilsAK0021|,
Cape Prince of WalesNomeAKIn limestonesDevonianDevonian faunasAK0022|,
NomeNomeAKIn Silurian Nome seriesSilurianPort Clarence LimestonefossilsAK0023|,
ArcticNorth SlopeAKIn late Triassic limestones and cherts of Shublik FormationTriassicShublik (Alaska)?AK0024|,
ArcticNorth SlopeAKOther exposuresTriassicShublik (Alaska)PosidoniaAK0025|,
ArcticNorth SlopeAKat 69d22.5m N and 152d56m W in 3 km bluff on N side of creekPermian-TriassicShublik (Alaska)?Entomonotis,Halobia,Arcestes,Trachyceras,Posidonia,Leiophyllites,Pseudaplococeras,HungaritesAK0026|,
ArcticNorth SlopeAKat 69d22.5m N and 152d56m W in 3 km bluff on N side of creekTriassicShublik (Alaska)?PermianAK0027|,
Fortress MountainNorth SlopeAK68d35m N 152d58m W in Fortress Mountain Formation along 560 km front between Sagavanirktok River and Kukpowruk River. Late Jurassic to Cretaceous UpperCretaceousFortress Mountain?AK0028|,
Fortress MountainNorth SlopeAKE of Castle Mountain of Torok CreekCretaceousFortress MountainFishAK0029|,
Fortress MountainNorth SlopeAKKiruktagiak RiverCretaceousFortress MountainAucellinaAK0030|,
Ketic RiverNorth SlopeAKArctic AlaskaCretaceousChandler|Prince CreekCretaceous. Amber with insects,plant fossils,Ostrea in Coal seams.AK0031|,
Killik RiverNorth SlopeAKArctic Alaska along E trending belt 10-20 km wide,narrowing to East from Killik River nearly to Itkillik RiverCretaceous LowerTorokMollusks - Inoceramus,Beudanticeras,Colvillia,Subarcthoplites,Gastroplites.AK0032|,
Kuk RiverNorth SlopeAKArctic AlaskaCretaceousChandler|Prince CreekCretaceous. Amber with insects,plant fossils,Ostrea in Coal seams.AK0033|,
Torok CreekNorth SlopeAKbetween 68d40 meters and 68d44 meters NCretaceous LowerTorok?AK003468d40 meters and 68d44 meters N|,
Tuktu BluffsNorth SlopeAKArctic Alaska at Tuktu Bluffs on Chandler River in 300 meter thick Tuktu formation above Torok FormationCretaceous LowerTuktuabundant fossils: Gastroplites,Cleoniceras,Dicranodonta,Inoceramus,Solecurtus,Panopea,Yoldia,Ditrupa.AK003568.73278N,152.30528W|,
ArcticNorth Slope?AKTiglukpuk Creek in Triassic Lower shale vertebratesTriassiccoelacanth fish,reptile bones,paleoniscoid fish -BoreosomusAK0036Tiglukpuk Creek appears to be on the Alaskan North Slope probably East of Chandler Lake|,
North SlopeNorth Slope?AKIn block sooty shaleTriassicShublik (Alaska)|Karen CreekMonotisAK0037|,
Okpikruak RiverNorth Slope?AKArctic Alaska on Okpikruak RiverColvilliaAK0038|,
KlawockPrince of Wales-Outer KetchikanAKW coastDevonian Upperbrachiopods,Spirifer,Corals Zaphrentis,ProductellaAK0039|,
KlawockPrince of Wales-Outer KetchikanAKW coast Devonian Upper brachiopodsDevonian UpperSpirifer,Corals Zaphrentis,ProductellaAK0040|,
Long Is-Kassan BayPrince of Wales-Outer KetchikanAKEuropean-Asian Devonian faunas in Limestones.DevonianGastropods - Hercynella,corals,brachiopods,mollusksAK0041|,
Prince of Wales IslandPrince of Wales-Outer KetchikanAK?AK0042|,
Trocadero BayPrince of Wales-Outer KetchikanAKOn small island inPennsylvanian LowerLimestoneammonites -- Gastrioceras,GlaphyritesAK0043|,
Freshwater BaySitkaAKOn Chicagof Island in long narrow peninsula extending out 7 km in LimestonesCarboniferouscorals,brachiopods,crinoid fragments.AK0044|,
Freshwater BaySitkaAKS side of Chicagof Island in 300 meters of Silurian limestones.. Bottom 200 meters Leperditia,fragmentary crustacea. Top 100 meters MegalomusSilurianCeratiocaris,Ostracods - IsochilinaAK0045|,
SitkaSitkaAKSilurian limestonesSilurianCateniporaAK0046|,
Eagle-Circle districtSoutheast FairbanksAKMississippian-PennsylvanianCalico Bluff, Lower MiddleGoniatites,Neoglyphioceras,GirtyocerasAK0047|,
Nation RiverSoutheast FairbanksAKat mouth of Yukon Riverbrachiopods,mollusks.AK0048|,
Yukon RiverSoutheast Fairbanks?AKnear Canadian borderTriassicGlenn ShaleMonotisAK0049|,
Kletsan CreekValdez-CordovaAK(in White River basin,in St Elias range) well preserved Paleozoic Upper fossils?AK0050|,
Copper River BasinValdez-Cordova?AKin LimestonePennsylvanianbrachiopods and mollusksAK0051|,
Hamilton BayWrangell-PetersburgAKNorth Shore in Triassic Limestone Conglomerate Brachiopods and pelecypodsTriassicPseudomonotis,Speriferina (Spiriferina?),Pecten,Pleuromya,ammonites,RhynchonellaAK0052|,
Kuiu IslandWrangell-PetersburgAKIn Mead Point area -- NE in 700 meters of Silurian LimestoneSilurianDiphyphyllum,Conchidium,Whitfieldia,Holopea,MurchisoniaAK0053|,
Kupreanof IslandWrangell-PetersburgAKregional Carboniferous limestonesCarboniferousbrachiopods,mollusksAK0054|,
Chandler RiverYukon-KoyukukAKin cutbanks from Torok Creek to Kiruktagiak RiverCretaceous LowerTorok?AK0055|,
Endicott MountainsYukon-KoyukukAKin Limestone and ChertTriassicOtukMonotis,other bivalves,radiolaria,conodontsAK0056|,
Melozitna RiverYukon-KoyukukAKfrom mouth back into Koyokuk River basin Impure Cretaceous Limestones.CretaceousAucellaAK0057Original says 'Melozi River'|,
Porcupine RiverYukon-KoyukukAKDevonian fossils in LimestoneDevonian?AK0058|,
Yukon RiverYukon-KoyukukAKIn East Central Alaska in Eagle,Tatonduk River,Nation,Woodchopper areaProterozoic-CambrianTindir (Alaska)Algae,Fungi,Protists,trilobites (lower to Cambrian Upper),archeocyathids,stromatolites,acritarchs,Oldhamia.AK0059|,
Brooks rangeYukon-Koyukuk?AKIn W part in dark grayMississippianLisburne ShaleCephalopods - Beyrichoceras,Goniatites,Sudeticeras,Girtyoceras,Entogonites,Eochalassoceras[?],DimorphocerasAK0060Eothalassoceras is 'Eochalassoceras' in original Ransom 'Fossils in America'|,
Nunvainuk Lake[?][?]AK59d N 255d40m Wpetrified woodAK0061There does not seem to be a 'Nunvainuk Lake' in Alaska|,
White River Basin[?]AKCarboniferousbrachiopods and MollusksAK0062There seem to be several White Rivers in Alaska|,
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