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  • Late Bajocian Ammonites from the Cook Inlet Region, Alaska

    Late Bajocian Ammonites from the Cook Inlet Region, Alaska

    Late Bajocian Ammonites From the Cook Inlet Region, Alaska By RALPH W. IMLAY JURASSIC AMMONITES FROM SOUTHERN ALASKA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER '418-A Description and illustrations of cephalopods· of Middle Jurassic (late Ba;'ocian) age I:IBRARY tHJRfAU OF MIN£1 ~18RARV SPOI\ANl. ~ASH. JUN 31971 PlfASf lfTtJIN TO l18RAIY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1962 r UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. CONTENTS Page Page Abstract___________________________________________ A-1 Comparisons with other faunas ______________________ _ A-3 North America, exclusive of Alaska ______________ _ 3 Introduction ________ -- ________ ----_---------------- Arctic region __________________________________ _ 3 Biologic analysis _________________ -- ___ - ------------- 1 Eurasia and north Africa _______________________ _ 4 Stratigraphic summary ______________________ - ____ --- 2 Australasia and Indonesia _______________________ _ 4 Geographic distribution _____________________________ _ 4 North side of Cook inlet____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 Systematic descriptions _____________________________ _ 5 Talkeetna Mountains____________________________ 2 References----------------------------------------- 13 Age of the fauna____________________________________ 2 Index ____________________________________________ _ 15 ILLUSTRATIONS [Plates follow