Freshwater Bay, Chichagof Island, upper section (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.9° N, 135.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.2° S, 94.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Kennel Creek Formation, Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

• Upper 300 feet of the limestone section. Formation ID from Karl (1999).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Dark-gray, thinly laminated limestones.

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 111898: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Ceratiacaris sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella ? tumida
Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
"Megalomus sp." = Megalomoidea
"Megalomus sp." = Megalomoidea clam
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Isochilinidae
Isochilina sp.
Isochilina sp. Jones 1858 ostracod
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral