Turnabout Island, Frederick Sound - 11405 (145 Bu) (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.1° N, 134.0° W: paleocoordinates 1.9° N, 72.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous sandstone and lithified conglomerate

• Sandstone containing intercalated layers of calcareous sandstone and conglomerate, some of which are richly fossiliferous.

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 112289: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 07.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
? Terebratula sp.
? Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
? Gryphaea sp.
? Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop