Cape Kekurnoi, lower Kamishak (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.7° N, 155.3° W: paleocoordinates 5.1° N, 82.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kamishak Formation, Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

• lower (biostromal limestone) and middle (nodular limestone) member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• thick- to massive-bedded biostromal limestones, nodular limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. B. Blodgett. 2008. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Upper Triassic Kamishak Formation in the Puale Bay-Cape Kekurnoi-Alinchak Bay area, Karluk C-4 and C-5 quadrangle, Alaska Peninsula. Report of Investigation, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys 2008(1H):131-160 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97816: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Elysastraea sp.
Elysastraea sp. Laube 1865 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Spongiomorphida - Spongiomorphidae
Spongiomorpha sp.
Spongiomorpha sp. Frech 1890
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus sp.
Pentacrinus sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
? Turbo sp.
? Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp.
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Germanonautilus sp.
Germanonautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1902
 Ceratitida - Haloritidae
Halorites sp.
Halorites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria sp.
Myophoria sp. Bronn 1834 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Minetrigonia sp.
Minetrigonia sp. Kobayashi and Katayama 1938 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp.
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Modiomorphida - Palaeopharidae
Palaeopharus sp.
Palaeopharus sp. Kitti 1907 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp., "Trichites" sp.
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Trichites" sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella sp.
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp.
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea" sp.
"Ostrea" sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Amusium sp., Pecten sp.
Amusium sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop