San Cristoval Channel: Middle Devonian, Alaska
collected by A.F. Buddington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
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Cypricardella sp.
Hall 1856
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea sp.
d'Orbigny 1847
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 55.6° North, 133.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° South, 80.7° 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified conglomerate |
| Lithology description: Sandstone intercalated in giant conglomerate | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
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: | 111962 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-07-01 03:33:33 | Last modified: | 2011-06-30 13:33:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-01 03:33:33 |
| 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] |