Klawack, Prince of Wales Island (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (55.6° N, 133.1° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° S, 79.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Port Refugio Formation, Late/Upper Devonian (382.7 - 358.9 Ma)

• PJW: Late Devonian rock on Prince of Wales island is Port Refugio formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C.W. Wright

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 111908: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae