Keete Inlet, Prince of Wales Island (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (55.1° N, 132.5° W: paleocoordinates 19.7° S, 80.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Devonian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. Kirk

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 111862: 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
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp.
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus sp.
Leiorhynchus sp. Hall 1860
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia sp.
Reticularia sp. Frederiks 1915
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia cf. maia
Martinia cf. maia Billings 1860
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp.
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp.
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp.
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832