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Middle Cambrian fossils from the Doonerak anticlinorium, central Brooks Range, Alaska

Journal of Paleontology
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Abstract

Middle Cambrian fossils collected near Wolf Creek in the Wiseman quadrangle, northern Alaska, include trilobites and paraconodonts. Trilobites date the strata as early Middle Cambrian, correlative with the Amgan Stage of Siberia. The assemblage includes: Kootenia cf. K. anabarensis Lermontova, cf. 'Parehmania' lata Chernysheva and Pagetia sp. Specimens of the paracondont genus Westergaardodina, from the same sample as the megafossils, record the earliest known occurrence of this taxon. These fossils, the first to establish an age for part of the sedimentary sequence in the Doonerak Anticlinorium, are the oldest fossils yet taken from the central and western Brooks Range.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Middle Cambrian fossils from the Doonerak anticlinorium, central Brooks Range, Alaska
Series title Journal of Paleontology
Volume 58
Issue 6
Year Published 1984
Language English
Publisher Paleontology Society
Description 8 p.
First page 1364
Last page 1371
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