Northeast of Exchange Island - 654: Silurian, Alaska
collected by A.F. Buddington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Meristina sp.
Hall 1867
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Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporida
- Stromatoporidae
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Stromatopora sp.
Goldfuss 1826
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
Coordinates: | 56.2° North, 133.0° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 4.5° South, 92.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Silurian |
10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1-2 |
Key time interval: | Silurian |
Age range of interval: | 443.80000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | A.F. Buddington |
Taxonomic list comments:Identified by E. Kirk. |
Metadata
Database number: | 111793 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe |
Modifier: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2011-06-29 00:47:49 | Last modified: | 2011-06-28 10:52:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-29 00:47:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
36540. | A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe] |