USGS 10063-SD. 3 m. thick silicified bed 82 m. below top of formation.: Eifelian, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Komiellidae
Komiella gilberti n. sp. Johnson and Blodgett 1993
Johnson and Blodgett 1993 11 individuals
6 articulated, 5 ventral, 1 dorsal
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Verneuiliidae
Verneuilia langenstrasseni n. sp. Blodgett and Johnson 1994
Blodgett and Johnson 1994 8 individuals
8 ventral, 6 dorsal valves
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Odontomaria cheeneetnukensis Frýda et al. 2006
Frýda et al. 2006
Spinulrichospira cheeneetnukensis n. gen., n. sp. Blodgett and Rohr 1989
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Decorospira tasselli Blodgett and Johnson 1992
Blodgett and Johnson 1992 3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 62.1° North, 155.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian
Stage: Eifelian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 3
Key time interval: Eifelian Conodont zone:  Polygnathus costatus costatus
Age range of interval: 393.3 - 387.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cheeneetnuk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Early Eifelian (Polygnathus costatus costatus zone)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified dolomite
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,recrystallized,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Also known as:79RB12
Database number:60044
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-04-27 21:58:44 Last modified:2018-08-23 14:53:15
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-27 21:58:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13130. R. B. Blodgett and D. M. Rohr. 1989. Two new Devonian spine-bearing pleurotomariacean gastropod genera from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 63(1):47-52 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

255 R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson. 1992. Early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropods of Central Nevada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 222:85-139 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
18477 R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson. 1994. First recognition of the genus Verneuilia Hall and Clarke (Brachiopoda, Spiriferida) from North America (west-central Alaska). Journal of Paleontology 68(6):1240-1242 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
17354 J. Frýda, D. Heidelberger, and R.B. Blodgett. 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 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
18480 J. G. Johnson and R. B. Blodgett. 1993. Russian Devonian Brachiopod Genera Cyrtinoides and Komiella in North America. Journal of Paleontology 67(6):952-958 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]