Northernmost Keku Islet (Permian of the United States)

Also known as 4308 (206)

Where: Alaska (57.0° N, 134.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 61.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, black, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.F. Buddinton

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 112198: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
unclassified
  -
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Aviculipecten sp." = Aviculopecten
"Aviculipecten sp." = Aviculopecten M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
? Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"? Derbya sp." = Derbyia
"? Derbya sp." = Derbyia Waagen 1884
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Marginifera aagardi" = Megousia aagardi, "Productus aff. cancrini" = Cancrinella cancrini
"Marginifera aagardi" = Megousia aagardi Toula 1875
"Productus aff. cancrini" = Cancrinella cancrini de Verneuil 1845
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus aff. mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata, "Productus aff. semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
"Productus aff. mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata Keyserling 1846
"Productus aff. semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809
 Productida -
Marginifera aff. involuta Tschernyschew 1902
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Squamularia aff. perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
"Squamularia aff. perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
? Spiriferella arctica Haughton 1858
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae