Freshwater Bay, Chichagof Island (Devonian to of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.9° N, 135.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 82.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cedar Cove Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)

• 50 feet or more of Devonian limestones overlying the Silurian series described in PBDB collections 111897 and 111898. PJW: Formation ID based on Karl (1999). "A reevaluation of a trilobite collection (map fossil locality 40) by Alan Ormiston provides a late Early to early Middle Devonian age (Robert Blodgett, U.S. Geological Survey, written communication, July 7,1989.)"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Limestone, dark steel-gray in color, somewhat arenaceous, lying in strata 1 to 4 feet thick.

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 111906: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes cf. verneuile
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Stropheodonta stephani" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Stropheodonta cf. fugax" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
"Stropheodonta stephani" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta cf. fugax" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
? Pentamerella sp.
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
? Reticularia sp.
? Reticularia sp. Frederiks 1915
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia cf. billingsi
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp.
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825 ammonite
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras "sp. 1", Orthoceras "sp. 2"
Orthoceras "sp. 1" Breynius 1832
Orthoceras "sp. 2" Breynius 1832
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp.
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma sp.
Oriostoma sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp.
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp.
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
? Cypricardinia sp., Cypricardinia contexta
? Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp.
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp.
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia sp.
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus romanooski" = Dechenella romanovski
"Proetus romanooski" = Dechenella romanovski Tschernyschew 1887 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp.
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite