Ham Island - 1841 (2038) (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (55.8° N, 133.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° S, 80.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Devonian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by A.F. Buddington

Primary reference: A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 111954: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 01.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by E. Kirk.
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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp.
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp.
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum sp.
Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum sp.
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Striatopora sp.
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp.
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral