Island in Saginaw Bay, Kuiu Island (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as 930 (5443)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 73.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Saginaw Bay Formation, Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)

• PJW: Carboniferous rocks here are Saginaw Bay.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified chert

• 40-foot bed of limestone intercalated in a series of interlayered chert, slaty quartzite, and cherty limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

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 112176: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
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Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
? Endothyra sp.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
? Amplexus sp.
? Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum sp.
Clisiophyllum sp. Dana 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp.
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Triplophyllum sp.
Triplophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
Lonsdaleia sp.
Lonsdaleia sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
"Platycrinus sp." = Platycrinites
"Platycrinus sp." = Platycrinites Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
? Euomphalus sp., "Euomphalus aff. planidorsatus" = Euomphalus planodorsatus
? Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
"Euomphalus aff. planidorsatus" = Euomphalus planodorsatus Meek and Worthen 1860 snail
[entered as Euomphalus planidoreatus]
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
? Schizodus sp.
? Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Aviculipecten aff. similis" = Aviculopecten
"Aviculipecten aff. similis" = Aviculopecten scallop
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Deltopecten aff. wyandotte
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
"Pustula aff. concentrica" = Chonetipustula concentrica
"Pustula aff. concentrica" = Chonetipustula concentrica Hall 1857
 Productida -
? Marginifera cf. juresanensis
? Marginifera cf. juresanensis Tschernyschew 1902
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus aff. cora" = Linoproductus cora, "Productus aff. ovatus" = Linoproductus ovatus
"Productus aff. cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
"Productus aff. ovatus" = Linoproductus ovatus Hall 1858
var. minor
 Productida - Productellidae
"Pustula aff. curvirostris" = Comuquia curvirostris, Productus aff. samsoni
"Pustula aff. curvirostris" = Comuquia curvirostris Schellwien 1892
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus aff. gallatinensis" = Dictyoclostus gallatinensis
"Productus aff. gallatinensis" = Dictyoclostus gallatinensis Girty 1899
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Pustula aff. wallaciana, Pustula aff. millespinosa, Pustula "sp. A", Pustula spp., ? Pustula sp.
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes aff. capax
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"? Derbya sp." = Derbyia
"? Derbya sp." = Derbyia Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina aff. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Spiriferina aff. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina aff. panderi
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
? Martinia sp.
? Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer spp., Spirifer aff. missouriensis
Spirifer spp. Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris aff. subcardiformis
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia aff. perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Squamularia aff. perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma aff. formosum, Dielasma aff. arkansanum, ? Dielasma sp.
? Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora aff. beecheri
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp.
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Glyptopora sp.
 Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya aff. lineata
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
? Batostomella sp.
? Batostomella sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp.
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Griffithides sp.
Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite