Mead Point, Kuiu Island (Silurian to of the United States)
Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Kuiu Limestone Formation, Ludlow to Ludlow (427.4 - 419.2 Ma)
• Formation ID fro Muffler (1967)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
• Occurs in the midst of a limestone series which appears to be 2,000 feet or more in thickness. Other portions which were examined appear to be barren. Below, they pass into cherts and argillites of undetermined age.
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E.M. Kirk
Primary reference: E. M. Kindle. 1907. Notes on the Paleozoic faunas and stratigraphy of southeastern Alaska. Journal of Geology 15(4):314-337 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 111896: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Rhynchonellata | |
"Conchidium knighti" = Kirkidium knighti
"Conchidium knighti" = Kirkidium knighti Sowerby 1813 | |
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Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail | |
"Holopea cf. servus" = Cyclonema servus
"Holopea cf. servus" = Cyclonema servus Perner 1903 snail | |
| Anthozoa | |
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? Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral | |