Keku Strait, Kuiu Island (Permian of the United States)

Also known as 5128 (905)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 61.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Limestone overlying conglomeratic 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 112201: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
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Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
"Gastrioceras aff. nolinense" = Glaphyrites nolinensis
"Gastrioceras aff. nolinense" = Glaphyrites nolinensis Cox 1857 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
Lonsdaleia sp.
Lonsdaleia sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral