Islet in No Name Bay, Kuiu Island - 357 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.5° N, 133.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 92.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified conglomerate and lithified slate

• Cobbles in Silurian volcanic and conglomerate formation and intercalated slate and limestone.

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 111845: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 29.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by E. Kirk.
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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp.
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp.
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Idiostromatidae
Idiostroma sp.
Idiostroma sp. Winchell 1867 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge