Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. GD6-2044 -- USGS No. Mesozoic loc. M6636
Locality: Field No. GD6-2044
Description: On south end "Great Ridge". Graywecke; mostly m.g., feldspathic, micaceous. [Elder and Miller, 1991, p. 13 provide the following locality description: "Goodnews Bay (D-6) 1:63,360 quadrangle. South end of Great Ridge. Elevation 1000 ft (305 m). Latitude: 59o 55.67' N; Longitude: 161o 2.20' W; Township: 3S; Range: 68W; Section: 7; SW quarter; Collector: W.L. Coonrad, 1975. Field Identifier: GD6-2044."]; [USGS Mesozoic Locality: M6636. Alaska, Goodnews Bay (D-6) 1:63360 quadrangle. South end of Great Ridge. Elevation 1,000 ft (305 m). latitude: 59°55.67'N, longitude: 161°2.20'W. SW1/4, sec. 7, T3S, R68W. Collector: W. L. Coonrad, 1975. Field Identifier: GD6-2044. (description from Elder and Box, 1992, p. 36-37).]
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Goodnews Bay D-6
Lat.: 59o55'40 " Long.: 161o02'12 "
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1977 (05/23)
This report covers 18 fossil collections from the Goodnews area, southwestern Alaska.
Report by: David L. Jones
Referred by: Warren L. Coonrad , Joseph M. Hoare
Age: Cenomanian-Turonian (Cenomanian - or Turonian)
Formation: Kuskokwim Group ("Kuskokwim Group")
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus sp. - with large posterior wing

Title: Maps showing fossil localities and checklists of Jurassic and Cretaceous macrofauna of western Alaska ,  1991
Report by: William P. Elder , John W. Miller
Age: Turonian (middle-late Turonian)
Comment:Map Locality Number 25.

middle-late Turonian.

Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus kuskokwimensis Elder and Box, in press

Title: Late Cretaceous inoceramid bivalves of the Kuskokwim Basin, southwestern Alaska, and their implications for basin evolution: The Paleontological Society, Memoir 26 ,  1992
Report by: William P. Elder , Stephen Box
Age: Turonian (middle- late Turonian)
Formation: Kuskokwim Group
Comment:Shown as Map number 1 on Figure 1.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Inoceramus kuskokwimensis Elder and Box, n. sp. USNM 452218 illustrated, Figs. 14.8-14.9