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USGS 10062-SD, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	62.0758,-155.156
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Alaska, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
81 RB 6	Frýda J., Heidelberger D., et al (2006)	Whirlwind Creek	Early Eifelian	"limestone"	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
USGS 10062-SD, McGrath A5 Quadrangle	Blodgett R. B., Rohr D. M. (1989)	Cheeneetnuk	Early Eifelian	"limestone"	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Droharhynchia rzhonsnitskayae species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Hadrorhynchiidae : Droharhynchia : *Droharhynchia rzhonsnitskayae*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Polygnathus costatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Polygnathidae : Polygnathus : *Polygnathus costatus*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Pinacites jugleri species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pinacitidae : Pinacites : *Pinacites jugleri*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Subanarcestes sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Sobolewiidae : *Subanarcestes*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Dutrochus alaskensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pseudophoridae : Dutrochus : *Dutrochus alaskensis*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Cheeneetnukia frydai species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Cheeneetnukiidae : Cheeneetnukia : *Cheeneetnukia frydai*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Barocospira cindiprellerae species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Barocospira : *Odontomaria cindiprellerae*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Odontomaria cheeneetnukensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Odontomaria : *Odontomaria cheeneetnukensis*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Spinulrichospira cheeneetnukensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Spinulrichospira : *Spinulrichospira cheeneetnukensis*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Haplistion sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Spirosclerophorida : Haplistiidae : *Haplistion*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Hormospongia diarteria species	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida : Verticillitidae : Hormospongia : *Hormospongia diarteria*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian
Hormospongia labyrinthica species	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida : Verticillitidae : Hormospongia : *Hormospongia labyrinthica*	393.3 - 387.7 Ma Devonian

References

House M. R., Blodgett R. B. (1982) The Devonian goniatite genera Pinacites and Foordites from Alaska, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19 9, 1873-1877

Rigby J. K., Blodgett R. B. (1983) Early Middle Devonian Sponges from the McGrath Quadrangle of West-Central Alaska, Journal of Paleontology 57 4, 773-786

Blodgett R. B., Rohr D. M. (1989) Two new Devonian spine-bearing pleurotomariacean gastropod genera from Alaska, Journal of Paleontology 63 1, 47-52

Blodgett R. B. (1993) Dutrochus, a new microdomatid (Gastropoda) genus from the Middle Devonian (Eifelian) of West-Central Alaska, Journal of Paleontology 67 2, 194-197

Baxter M. E., Blodgett R. B. (1994) A new species of Droharhynchia (Brachiopoda) from the Lower Middle Devonian (Eifelian) of west-central Alaska, Journal of Paleontology 68 6, 1235-1240

Blodgett R. B., Cook A. G. (2002) Cheeneetnukiidae, a new Middle Devonian murchisonioid gastropod family, including the new genera Cheeneetnukia and Ulungaratoconcha based on representatives from Alaska and Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 1, 17-28

Frýda J., Heidelberger D., et al (2006) Odontomariinae, a new Middle Paleozoic subfamily of slit-bearing euomphaloidean gastropods (Euomphalomorpha, Gastropoda), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 2006 4, 225-248

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