Nehenta Bay, Gravina Island (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (55.2° N, 131.8° W: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 80.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• Probably Devonian clasts in Triassic limestone.

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wright in 1905

Primary reference: H. C. Berg and E. L. Cruz. 1982. Map and table describing fossil collections and related samples in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert Quadrangles, southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1088 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112326: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 09.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by E.M. Kindle.
Show authors, comments, and common names
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum sp.
Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp.
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp.
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
"Gypidula cf. comis" = Gypidula cornuta
"Gypidula cf. comis" = Gypidula cornuta Fenton and Fenton 1924
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp.
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
 Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Centronella cf. navicella
Centronella cf. navicella Hall 1867
Centronella cf. nevicella
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
"? Eunella sp." = Cranaena
"? Eunella sp." = Cranaena Hall and Clarke 1893