Pybus Bay, Admiralty Island (Permian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.3° N, 134.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 62.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Stated to be Artinskian but the Pybus Formation exposed in that area is Wordian (MEC).

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Burchard

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 112228: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 07.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty. Not figured - identifications are unusable (MEC).
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
""Chonetes" aff. morahensis" = Lissochonetes morahensis
""Chonetes" aff. morahensis" = Lissochonetes morahensis Waagen 1884
 Productida - Productidae
""Productus" aff. timanicus" = Sowerbina timanica, ""Productus" aff. multistriatus" = Yakovlevia multistriata, ""Productus" semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
""Productus" aff. timanicus" = Sowerbina timanica Stuckenberg 1875
""Productus" aff. multistriatus" = Yakovlevia multistriata Meek 1860
""Productus" semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809
 Productida - Productellidae
""Productus" aff. gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti, "Productus" sp.
""Productus" aff. gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti Krotov 1888
 Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
? Teguliferina sp. Schuchert and LeVene 1929
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
""Camarophoria" aff. margaritovi" = Stenoscisma margaritovi
""Camarophoria" aff. margaritovi" = Stenoscisma margaritovi Tschernyschew 1902
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
"Rhynchopora" aff. nikitini Tschernyschew 1889
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Dielasma" sp. King 1856
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
""Squamularia" aff. perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa
""Squamularia" aff. perplexa" = Condrathyris perplexa McChesney 1859
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
""Spirifer" aff. cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
""Spirifer" aff. cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
? Spiriferella arctica Haughton 1858
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
"Batostomella" sp. Bassler 1911
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"? Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"? Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
? Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail