Islet southeast of Kake, Kupreanof Island (Permian of the United States)

Also known as 4301 (61)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 133.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 60.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, white, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.F. Buddington in 1922

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 112218: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Marginifera aagardi" = Megousia aagardi
"Marginifera aagardi" = Megousia aagardi Toula 1875
 Productida -
Marginifera sp. Waagen 1884
 Productida - Productellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria margaritovi" = Stenoscisma margaritovi
"Camarophoria margaritovi" = Stenoscisma margaritovi Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer aff. fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger
"Spirifer aff. fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger Keyserling 1846
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae