PBDB Collection

Flounder Cove, Kuiu Island, Keku Strait, USGS M1911 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.4° N, 133.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 72.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cornwallis Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Alexander Terrane

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan, A. H. Caruthers, and G.D. J.R. Stanley. 2008. The First Upper Triassic Silicified Hypercalcified Sponges from the Alexander Terrane, Gravina Island and Keku Strait, Southeast Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):344-350 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80015: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 01.04.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae	Crassistella parvula¹, Crassistella juvavica¹, "Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis¹, Pamiroseris meriani¹ Crassistella parvula¹ stony coral 1 silicified colony Crassistella juvavica¹ Frech 1890 stony coral "Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis¹ Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral Pamiroseris meriani¹ Stoppani 1865 stony coral
Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae	Gablonzeria profunda¹ Gablonzeria profunda¹ Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyclophylliidae	Kompsasteria cf. oligocystis¹ Kompsasteria cf. oligocystis¹ Frech 1890 stony coral 1 silicified colony
Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae	Meandrostylis grandiseptus¹, Stylophyllum pygmaeum¹ Meandrostylis grandiseptus¹ Stanley and Whalen 1989 stony coral 2 partial colonies Stylophyllum pygmaeum¹ Frech 1890 stony coral 1 silicified colony
Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae	Margarosmilia cf. richthofeni¹, Distichomeandra "sp. A"¹, Distichomeandra minor¹ Margarosmilia cf. richthofeni¹ Volz 1896 stony coral 1 silicified colony Distichomeandra "sp. A"¹ Cuif 1976 stony coral 1 colony Distichomeandra minor¹ Frech 1890 stony coral 2 silicified samples
Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae	Paracuifia jennieae n. sp.¹, Distichophyllia norica¹, Retiophyllia cf. norica¹, Retiophyllia cf. robusta¹, Retiophyllia cf. frechi¹, Kuhnastraea decussata¹ Paracuifia jennieae n. sp.¹ Caruthers and Stanley 2008 stony coral Holotype UMIP 400043 Distichophyllia norica¹ Frech 1890 stony coral Retiophyllia cf. norica¹ Frech 1890 stony coral Retiophyllia cf. robusta¹ Roniewicz 1989 stony coral Retiophyllia cf. frechi¹ Roniewicz 1989 stony coral Kuhnastraea decussata¹ Reuss 1854 stony coral
Demospongiae
Verticillitida - Colospongiidae	Parauvanella cf. ferdowsensis Parauvanella cf. ferdowsensis Senowbari-Daryan 2005 demosponge
Calcarea
Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae	Stellispongia cf. subsphaerica Stellispongia cf. subsphaerica Dieci et al. 1968 calcareous sponge
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae	Pseudospondylospira perplexa², Dagyspirifer fascicostata n. gen. n. sp.² Pseudospondylospira perplexa² Hoover 1991 Dagyspirifer fascicostata n. gen. n. sp.² Hoover 1991

¹Caruthers and Stanley 2008; ²Hoover 1991