A Skeleton in Triassic Rocks in the Brooks Range Foothills

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Tailleur, I.L., Mull, C.G., Tourtelot, H.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1973
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal physiology; Animal tagging; Diurnal variations; Diving (Animals); Internal organs; Polar bears; Sleep; Telemetry; Arctic; Quadrangle; The Rib; Barrow; Brooks Range; Point Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65953

Fragments of vertebrate fossils are found in beds of the Shublik Formation, which blanketed most of northern Alaska during Triassic time. Although articulated remains are uncommon, one partial skeleton was discovered in 1950 during exploration of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4. . This note calls atte...