USGS 11406 Kuiu Island, Keku Strait (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.0° W: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 72.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cornwallis Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Alexander Terrane

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: P. R. Hoover. 1991. Late Triassic cyrtinoid spiriferinacean brachiopods from western North America and their biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Bulletins of American Paleontology 100(337):63-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 100854: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae