Where: Alaska (56.8° N, 134.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 72.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hound Island Volcanics Formation, Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)
• Late Norian, 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 82656: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 31.07.2008, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Meandrostylis vancouverensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral | |
Crassistella juvavica Frech 1890 stony coral | |
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Monotis (Pacimonotis) subcircularis Gabb 1864 scallop | |
Septocardia cf. pascoensis cockle |