South side of Kosciusko Island - 1531 (2041): Silurian, Alaska
collected by A.F. Buddington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras sp.
Breynius 1832
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Lissatrypidae
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? Lissatrypa sp.
Twenhofel 1914
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 55.9° North, 133.7° 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 "shale" |
| Lithology description: Interbedded red and green 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: | 111819 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-29 04:21:31 | Last modified: | 2011-06-28 14:21:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-29 04:21:31 |
| 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] |