Freshwater Bay, Chichagof Island, upper section: Silurian, Alaska
collected by E.M. Kirk

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ceratiacaris sp.
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
? Zaphrentis sp. Haime 1850
synonym of Zaphrenthis
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalomus sp. Hall 1852
synonym of Megalomoidea
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella ? tumida
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Isochilinidae
Isochilina sp. (Jones 1858)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 57.9° North, 135.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.2° South, 94.2° 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
Formation:Kennel Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Upper 300 feet of the limestone section. Formation ID from Karl (1999).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Dark-gray, thinly laminated limestones.
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:E.M. Kirk
Metadata
Database number:111898
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-30 01:46:26 Last modified:2023-03-19 14:43:13
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-30 01:46:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36568. E. M. Kindle. 1907. Notes on the Paleozoic faunas and stratigraphy of southeastern Alaska. Journal of Geology 15(4):314-337 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]

Secondary references:

84158 S. M. Karl. 1999. Preliminary geologic map of northeast Chichagof Island, Alaska. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-53:1-21 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]