Prince of Wales Island (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (55.6° N, 132.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 92.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

• "L.? Silurian" [no formation name given]

Environment/lithology: marine; black shale

• "black shale. deep water (BA6)"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Ruedemann. 1934. Paleozoic plankton of North America. Geological Society of America Memoirs 2:1-141 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 468: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 15.12.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Ruedemann 1934"
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unclassified
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Graptospongia sp.
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Hintzespongiidae
Cyathodictya sp.
Cyathodictya sp. glass sponge
 Reticulosa - Teganiidae
Teganium sp.
Teganium sp. glass sponge
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus sp.
Monograptus sp. graptolite
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp.
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
Malacostraca
 Archaeostraca - Caryocarididae
Caryocaris sp.
Caryocaris sp. Salter 1863
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp.
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras sp.
Kionoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Polychaeta
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Klakesia sp.
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800