South side of Kosciusko Island - 1530 (2023): Silurian, Alaska
collected by A.F. Buddington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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Hormotoma sp.
(Salter 1859)
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Lissatrypidae
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? Lissatrypa sp.
Twenhofel 1914
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
Coordinates: | 55.9° North, 133.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 4.5° South, 92.8° 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: | red lithified sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
Lithology description: Red and green graywacke-like sandstone and shale. | |
Environment: | offshore |
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: | 111817 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe |
Modifier: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2011-06-29 04:19:21 | Last modified: | 2011-06-28 14:31:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-29 04:19:21 |
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] |