Long Island, Kassan Bay, lower part of upper section: Middle Devonian, Alaska
collected by E.M. Kirk 1905

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Stropheodonta comitans
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Spirifer cf. thetides
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Verneuiliidae
Spirifer cf. cheiropteryx de Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
recombined as Verneuilia cheiropteryx
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella cf. ceras
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida
Cyrtoceras sp.
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma princeps Oehlert 1877
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Conocardium cf. bohemicum Barrande 1881
recombined as Bohemicardia bohemica
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Hercynella sp. Kayser 1878
Buddington and Chapin 1929
Bivalvia - Solenida - Orthonotidae
Orthonota sp. Conrad 1841
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus cf. romanooski (Tschernyschew 1887)
original and current combination Dechenella romanovski
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
? Cladopora sp. Hall 1851
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 40 feet of the upper limestone section (division c) from Long Island, Kasaan Bay. 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:111903
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-30 02:08:20 Last modified:2023-03-19 15:22:29
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-30 02:08:20
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]