USGS 2382, Pybus Cliff, Halleck Harbor, Kuiu Island (Permian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.2° W: paleocoordinates 9.5° N, 61.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pybus Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by Wright in 1904

Primary reference: R. E. Grant. 1971. Taxonomy and autecology of two arctic Permian rhynchonellid brachiopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3:313-335 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109334: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.05.2011, edited by Sarah Kolbe

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Specimens in Buddington & Chapin (1929) are not figured - identifications are unusable
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Chonetes" spp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
""Productus" aff. aagardi" = Megousia aagardi, ""Productus" aff. lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus
""Productus" aff. aagardi" = Megousia aagardi Toula 1875
""Productus" aff. lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus Waagen 1884
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
""Productus" aff. humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti
""Productus" aff. humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productellidae
""Productus" aff. gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti, ""Productus" aff. occidentalis" = Rugatia occidentalis, "Productus" sp.
""Productus" aff. gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti Krotov 1888
""Productus" aff. occidentalis" = Rugatia occidentalis Newberry 1861
 Productida - Productidae
""Productus" aff. mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata, ""Productus" aff. timanicus" = Sowerbina timanica
""Productus" aff. mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata Keyserling 1846
""Productus" aff. timanicus" = Sowerbina timanica Stuckenberg 1875
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
""Spiriferina" aff. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
""Spiriferina" aff. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
""Spirifer" aff. blasii" = Blasispirifer blasii, ""Spirifer" aff. marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui
""Spirifer" aff. blasii" = Blasispirifer blasii de Verneuil 1845
""Spirifer" aff. marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
""Spirifer" arcticus" = Spiriferella arctica
""Spirifer" arcticus" = Spiriferella arctica Haughton 1858
 Spiriferida - Paeckelmanellidae
""Spirifer" aff. dieneri" = Paeckelmanella dieneri
""Spirifer" aff. dieneri" = Paeckelmanella dieneri Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
""Spirifer" aff. alatus" = Pterospirifer alatus
""Spirifer" aff. alatus" = Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia" sp. Gemmellaro 1899
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
"Rhynchopora" aff. nikitini Tschernyschew 1889
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Cleiothyridina" sp. Buckman 1906
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Dielasma" sp. King 1856
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
"Stenopora" sp. Lonsdale 1844
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral