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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Telinopsis sp.
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Stropheodonta stephani
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Stropheodonta comitans
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula optatus
Gypidula cf. intervenicus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
? Reticularia sp. Frederiks 1915
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer spp.
Spirifer hians
Spirifer thetidis
Spirifer subcomprimatus
Spirifer indeferens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella cf. barrisi
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa hystrix
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Atrypa spinosa Hall 1843
recombined as Spinatrypa spinosa
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchonella livonica (von Buch 1834)
recombined as Ripidiorhynchus livonicus
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Rhynchonella cf. amalthea (Barrande 1847)
recombined as Cherubicornea amalthea
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
? Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria macfarlani
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella occlusa
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida
? Gomphoceras sp. Sowerby 1839
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oonoceratidae
Ooceras sp. (Hyatt 1884)
original and current combination Oonoceras
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Tremanotus sp. (Hall 1868)
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 - Loxonematidae
? Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
? Holopella sp. M'Coy 1851
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus cf. planorbis d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876
Oriostoma princeps Oehlert 1877
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Conocardium cf. bohemicum Barrande 1881
recombined as Bohemicardia bohemica
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
? Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Hercynella sp. Kayser 1878
Buddington and Chapin 1929
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
? Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Lucina cf. proavia Goldfuss 1834
recombined as Paracyclas proavia
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851
Ostracoda - Cypridinida - Bolbozoidae
Entomis pelagica
synonym of Entomozoe
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
? Cytherella sp. Jones 1849
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831
Proetus cf. romanooski (Tschernyschew 1887)
original and current combination Dechenella romanovski
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Cyphaspis sp. Burmeister 1843
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Calceola cf. sandalina (Linnaeus 1771)
Anthozoa
? Orthophyllum sp. Pocta 1902
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Zaphrentis sp. Haime 1850
synonym of Zaphrenthis
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites radiciformis Rominger 1876
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
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 upper of two divisions of limestone (division c) from Long Island, Kasaan Bay. 270 feet thick in total, but this taxonomic list does not include the basal 40 feet of this section, which is described separately in PBDB collection 111903. PJW: Savage (1988) puts this in the Wadleigh Limestone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Hard, dark-gray 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:E.M. Kirk Collection dates:1905
Metadata
Database number:111901
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-30 02:06:25 Last modified:2023-03-19 15:21:18
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-30 02:06:25
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]