Kousk, Keku Strait, USGS M2136 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.0° W: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 72.1° 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, mold/impression

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. H. Caruthers and G. D. Stanley , Jr. 2008. Systematic analysis of upper triassic silicified scleractinian corals from Wrangellia and the Alexander Terrane, Alaska and British Columbia. Journal of Paleontology 82(3):470-491 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82655: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 31.07.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Crassistella juvavica Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae
Gablonzeria profunda Reuss 1854 stony coral