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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Microplasma "sp. H" Dybowski 1873 horn coral | |
Zelophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge |