USGS-M6296 (Buchia Ridge) (Cretaceous of the United States)
Where: Alaska (59.3° N, 159.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 97.2° W)
When: Buchia Ridge Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: sandstone and conglomerate
• lithology described as a 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 2386: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 02.07.1999
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Buchia keyserlingi Lahusen 1888 scallop | |