PBDB Collection

Wrangell Mountains, Green Butte, USGS M1708 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (61.5° N, 142.8° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 74.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chitistone Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• N. Wrangellia, Early Norian

• 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 82662: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 31.07.2008, edited by Sarah Kolbe and Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae	Margarosmilia charliana, Margarosmilia confluens, Distichomeandra "sp.A", Distichomeandra "sp. B" Margarosmilia charliana Frech 1890 stony coral 4 colonies Margarosmilia confluens Münster 1841 stony coral Distichomeandra "sp.A" Cuif 1976 stony coral 9 colonies Distichomeandra "sp. B" Cuif 1976 stony coral
Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae	Retiophyllia obtusa, Retiophyllia dawsoni, "Retiophyllia clathrata" = Retiophyllia clathrata, "Thecosmilia wrangelliana n. sp." = Retiophyllia clathrata³, Retiophyllia cf. norica, Retiophyllia caespitosa, Retiophyllia tenuicosta, Retiophyllia parviseptum, Retiophyllia oppeli, Paracuifia jennieae, Kuhnastraea decussata, Distichophyllia norica, Distichophyllia melnikovae n. sp.³ Retiophyllia obtusa Caruthers and Stanley 2008 stony coral UMIP 400337 Retiophyllia dawsoni Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral "Retiophyllia clathrata" = Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral 20 colonies "Thecosmilia wrangelliana n. sp." = Retiophyllia clathrata³ Emmrich 1853 stony coral Retiophyllia cf. norica Frech 1890 stony coral Retiophyllia caespitosa Reuss 1864 stony coral 35 colonies Retiophyllia tenuicosta Reuss 1854 stony coral Retiophyllia parviseptum Squires 1956 stony coral Retiophyllia oppeli Reuss 1864 stony coral 1 colony Paracuifia jennieae Caruthers and Stanley 2008 stony coral UMIP 400296 Kuhnastraea decussata Reuss 1854 stony coral Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral Distichophyllia melnikovae n. sp.³ Montanaro-Gallitelli et al. 1979 stony coral
Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae	Gablonzeria profunda Gablonzeria profunda Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae	Astraeomorpha crassisepta Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Chondrocoenia cf. paradoxa Chondrocoenia cf. paradoxa Melnikova 1968 stony coral 1 colony
Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae	Pamiroseris meriani, Ampakabastraea cf. nodosa, "Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis, Crassistella juvavica Pamiroseris meriani Stoppani 1865 stony coral Ampakabastraea cf. nodosa stony coral questionable assignment "Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral Crassistella juvavica Frech 1890 stony coral
Gastropoda
Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae	Spinidelphinulopsis ? whaleni¹, Paradelphinulopsis vallieri¹ Spinidelphinulopsis ? whaleni¹ Blodgett et al. 2001 snail Paradelphinulopsis vallieri¹ Blodgett et al. 2001 snail
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae	Zugmayerella americana² Zugmayerella americana² Hoover 1991

¹Blodgett et al. 2001; ²Hoover 1991; ³Montanaro-Gallitelli et al. 1979