Long Island, Kasaan Bay, lower section: Middle Devonian, Alaska
collected by E.M. Kirk 1905

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Euomphalopteris sp.
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851
Buddington and Chapin 1929
Cladopora sp. Hall 1851
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Buddington and Chapin 1929
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Sanguinolites sp. M'Coy 1844
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Panenka sp. Barrande 1881
Hercynella nobilis
Hercynella bohemica
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Planitrochidae
Planitrochus sp. Perner 1903
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Holopea sp. Hall 1847
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Planitrochus cf. amicus Perner 1903
recombined as Streptotrochus amicus
Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Fasciolariidae
Murchisonia angulata (Phillips 1836)
replaced by Donaldospira pertusa
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
Holopella sp. M'Coy 1851
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia informal sp. 1 d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
Murchisonia informal sp. 2 d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema sp. Salter 1859
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Orthoceras cf. anguliferas
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris sulcatus
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
? Beyrichia sp. M'Coy 1846
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 55.5° North, 132.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° South, 80.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Middle Devonian
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wadleigh Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: The lower of two divisions of limestone (division b) on Long Island, Kasaan Bay. 200 feet thick. E.M. Kirk refers this collection to the Lower Devonian; Buddington and Chapin later revise this to Middle Devonian. PJW: Savage (1988) puts this in the Wadleigh Limestone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:blue lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Hard, blue, fine-grained limestone, fracturing easily in any direction.
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 Collection dates:1905
Metadata
Database number:111900
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-30 02:04:45 Last modified:2023-03-19 15:21:44
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-30 02:04:45
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:

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]
10952 N. M. Savage. 1988. Devonian faunas and major depositional events in the southern Alexander Terrane, southeastern Alaska. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III 257-264 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]