USGS 6747-CO Seward Peninsula (Ordovician of the United States)
Also known as 68ADu17
Where: Alaska (65.5° N, 166.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 37.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)
• Stratigraphically higher than 6746-CO
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Dutro in 1968
Primary reference: W. A., J.r. Oliver, C. W. Merriam, and M. Churkin. 1975. Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian corals of Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 823-B:13-44 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 100881: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 14.12.2010
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Macluritacea indet." = Macluritoidea
"Macluritacea indet." = Macluritoidea Carpenter 1861 snail | |
"Maclurites cf. manitobensis" = Maclurina manitobensis
"Maclurites cf. manitobensis" = Maclurina manitobensis Whiteaves 1890 snail |