USGS-74AHr41 (Ungalikthluk) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Alaska (59.3° N, 159.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 97.2° W)

When: Ungalikthluk Belt Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone and conglomerate

• The Ungalikthluk Belt consists of isolated synclinal outcrop areas of limestone, greenish limy grit, and conglomerate overlain by noncalcareous greywacke and grit.

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 2392: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 02.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
cf. Buchia pacifica Jeletsky 1965 scallop
originally entered as "Buchia cf. B. pacifica"