Heceta, Tuxekan, and Prince of Wales Islands - S1 - Zone 2 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (55.8° N, 133.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.6° S, 92.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pycinodesma zone, Heceta Formation, Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

• Upper part of Heceta Limestone, Pycinodesma beds (Amphipora horizon)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 108317: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 28.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Microplasma "sp. H" Dybowski 1873 horn coral
 Stauriida - Pycnostylidae
Zelophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge