PBDB Collection

USGS 2689 - northeast end of Heceta Island (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as 03RB16; 47-AH-R120(F)

Where: Prince of Wales County, Alaska (55.8° N, 133.3° W: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 84.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eognathodus sulcatus sulcatus conodont zone, Karheen Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• Savage (1977) found conodonts.

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•Has been put in Karheen formation, but that should be restricted to the Late Silurian; Blodget et al (2010) note that it is very similar to Soda Creek.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; silty limestone

• Allocthonous deposits. General geological setting interpreted as island arc, in which shelly fossiliferous units represent carbonate banks and reefs. In some places these are associated with plant-bearing or graptolite-bearing shales.

• limestone, shaly limestone and shale.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Eberlein in 1947; reposited in the USGS, USNM

Primary reference: E. Kirk and T. W. Amsden. 1952. Upper Silurian brachiopods from southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 233-C:53-55 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 109022: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 10.05.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Reticulariidae	Reticulariopsis sp.⁵ Reticulariopsis sp.⁵
Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae	Eospirifer sp. Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
Athyridida - Athyrididae	? Protathyris sp.⁵ ? Protathyris sp.⁵
Athyridida - Nucleospiridae	Nucleospira hecetensis Nucleospira hecetensis Kirk and Amsden 1952
Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae	Cyrtina sp.⁵ Cyrtina sp.⁵ Davidson 1858
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria cf. fragilis⁵ Schizophoria cf. fragilis⁵
Orthida - Dalmanellidae	Isorthis sp., Howellites amsdeni n. sp.⁵ Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929 Howellites amsdeni n. sp.⁵ Savage 1981
Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae	Savagerhynchus hecetaensis n. gen. n. sp.¹, Savagerhynchus hecetaensis¹, "Camarotoechia reesidei" = Kirkirhynchus reesidei Savagerhynchus hecetaensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Baranov and Blodgett 2015 Savagerhynchus hecetaensis¹ Baranov and Blodgett 2015 "Camarotoechia reesidei" = Kirkirhynchus reesidei Kirk and Amsden 1952
Rhynchonellida - Innaechiidae	Dubovikovia cf. kuzmini¹ Dubovikovia cf. kuzmini¹ Cherkesova 1968
Pentamerida - Gypidulidae	Gypidula aff. pelagica⁵ Gypidula aff. pelagica⁵
Atrypida - Atrypidae	Rugosatrypa flexibilis¹ Rugosatrypa flexibilis¹ Modzalevskaya and Cherkesova 1994
Atrypida - Septatrypidae	Atrypella scheii Atrypella scheii Holtedahl 1914
Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae	Eoschuchertella sp.⁵ Eoschuchertella sp.⁵
Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae	Harperoides alaskensis² Harperoides alaskensis² Baranov and Blodgett 2016
Conodonta
Ozarkodinida -	Ozarkodina eberleini n. sp.⁴ Ozarkodina eberleini n. sp.⁴ Savage 1977 conodont
Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae	Pandorinellina exigua⁴ Pandorinellina exigua⁴ conodont Pandorinellina exigua philipi
Ozarkodinida -	Eognathodus sulcatus⁴ Eognathodus sulcatus⁴ Philip 1965 conodont Eognathodus sulcatus sulcatus
Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae	Pelekysgnathus klamathensis⁴ Pelekysgnathus klamathensis⁴ conodont
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Lykophyllidae	Phaulactis cf. cyathophylloides³, Phaulactis cf. angusta³ Phaulactis cf. cyathophylloides³ horn coral Phaulactis cf. angusta³ horn coral

¹Baranov and Blodgett 2015; ²Baranov and Blodgett 2016; ³Oliver et al. 1975; ⁴Savage 1977; ⁵Savage 1981