Southern Orr Island - 1680 (2047) (Silurian of the United States)
Where: Alaska (55.9° N, 133.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 92.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, red sandstone and lithified shale
• Red and green graywacke-like sandstone and shale.
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A.F. Buddington
Primary reference: A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 111820: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 29.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Identified by E. Kirk.
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| Rhynchonellata | |
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Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818 | |
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Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
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? Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914 | |