Keku Islet, Kuiu Island (Permian of the United States)

Also known as 4309 (215)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 61.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, black, calcareous shale and lithified limestone

• Black calcareous shale with intercalated beds of buff-weathering limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.F. Buddinton

Primary reference: A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112200: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
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unclassified
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Cliothyridina sp.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Aviculipecten sp." = Aviculopecten
"Aviculipecten sp." = Aviculopecten M'Coy 1851 scallop
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
? Pleurotomaria sp.
? Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Camarophoria aff. crumena
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora aff. nikitini
Rhynchopora aff. nikitini Tschernyschew 1889
 Spiriferida - Paeckelmanellidae
"Spirifer aff. dieneri" = Paeckelmanella dieneri
"Spirifer aff. dieneri" = Paeckelmanella dieneri Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer aff. fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger
"Spirifer aff. fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger Keyserling 1846
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
? Spiriferella arctica
? Spiriferella arctica Haughton 1858
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia aff. perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Squamularia aff. perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp.
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. Beede and Rogers 1900
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"? Derbya sp." = Derbyia
"? Derbya sp." = Derbyia Waagen 1884
 Productida -
? Marginifera aff. lebedevi, ? Marginifera aff. involuta
? Marginifera aff. lebedevi Tschernyschew 1902
? Marginifera aff. involuta Tschernyschew 1902
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus aff. cancrini" = Cancrinella cancrini, "Marginifera aagardi" = Megousia aagardi
"Productus aff. cancrini" = Cancrinella cancrini de Verneuil 1845
"Marginifera aagardi" = Megousia aagardi Toula 1875
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Pustula aff. humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti
"Pustula aff. humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus aff. mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata, "Productus aff. timanicus" = Sowerbina timanica
"Productus aff. mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata Keyserling 1846
"Productus aff. timanicus" = Sowerbina timanica Stuckenberg 1875
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
Batostomella sp.
Batostomella sp. Bassler 1911
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral