Freshwater Bay, Chichagof Island (Carboniferous of the United States)
Where: Alaska (57.9° N, 135.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 75.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Iyoukeen Formation, Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)
• Formation ID from Karl (1999).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone
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 111910: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral | |
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirifer aff. trigonalis" = Brachythyrina rectangula
"Spirifer aff. trigonalis" = Brachythyrina rectangula Kutorga 1844 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productus aff. inflatus" = Dictyoclostus inflatus
"Productus aff. inflatus" = Dictyoclostus inflatus McChesney 1860 | |
"Productus giganteus" = Gigantella giganteus
"Productus giganteus" = Gigantella giganteus Sowerby 1822 | |
"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus
"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809 |