USGS-M6303 (Buchia Ridge) (Cretaceous of the United States)
Where: Alaska (59.3° N, 159.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 73.6° N, 78.7° W (Wright 2013)
When: Buchia Ridge Formation, Valanginian (137.1 - 132.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: sandstone and conglomerate
• lithology described as thick-bedded greywacke with interbeds of conglomerate and siltstone
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: J. M. Hoare and W. L. Coonrad. 1983. Graywacke of Buchia Ridge and Correlative Lower Cretaceous Rocks in the Goodnews Bay and Bethel Quadrangles, Southwestern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin (1529-C)1-17 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/R. McClees-Funinan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2389: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 02.07.1999
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Buchia crassicolis scallop | |