USGS-M6650 (Eek Mts.) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Alaska (59.8° N, 160.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 67.5° N, 73.1° W (Wright 2013)

When: Eek Mountain Formation, Valanginian (137.1 - 132.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: sandstone and conglomerate

• lithology described as greywacke with thin calcareous interbeds

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 2430: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 05.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
cf. Buchia crassicolis scallop
originally entered as "Buchia cf. B. crassicolis"