Island in Saginaw Bay, Kuiu Island: Mississippian, Alaska
collected by A.F. Buddington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
? Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814
Euomphalus aff. planidorsatus (Meek and Worthen 1860)
original and current combination Euomphalus planodorsatus
[entered as Euomphalus planidoreatus]
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculipecten aff. similis
original and current combination Aviculopecten
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Deltopecten aff. wyandotte
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
? Schizodus sp. King 1844
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferina aff. cristata (von Schlotheim 1816)
recombined as Spiriferellina cristata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina aff. panderi Moeller 1862
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae
? Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer spp.
Spirifer aff. missouriensis Swallow 1860
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris aff. subcardiformis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Squamularia aff. perplexa (McChesney 1859)
recombined as Condrathyris perplexa
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora aff. beecheri George 1904
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma aff. formosum
Dielasma aff. arkansanum
? Dielasma sp. King 1856
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Pustula aff. concentrica (Hall 1857)
recombined as Chonetipustula concentrica
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Pustula aff. wallaciana
Pustula aff. millespinosa
Pustula informal sp. A
Pustula spp.
? Pustula sp.
Strophomenata - Productida
? Marginifera cf. juresanensis Tschernyschew 1902
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Productus aff. ovatus Hall 1858
recombined as Linoproductus ovatus
var. minor
Productus aff. cora d'Orbigny 1842
recombined as Linoproductus cora
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Productus aff. gallatinensis Girty 1899
recombined as Dictyoclostus gallatinensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productus aff. samsoni
Pustula aff. curvirostris (Schellwien 1892)
recombined as Comuquia curvirostris
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
? Derbya sp. (Waagen 1884)
original and current combination Derbyia
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes aff. capax
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Cystodictyonidae
Cystodictya aff. lineata
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Glyptopora sp.
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
? Batostomella sp. Bassler 1911
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Leioclema sp. Ulrich 1882
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinus sp.
synonym of Platycrinites
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Triplophyllum sp. Simpson 1900
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
? Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
Lonsdaleia sp. McCoy 1849
Endothyridae
? Endothyra sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 56.9° North, 134.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.0° North, 73.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 1-3
Key time interval:Mississippian
Age range of interval:358.90000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Saginaw Bay
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: PJW: Carboniferous rocks here are Saginaw Bay.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified chert
Lithology description: 40-foot bed of limestone intercalated in a series of interlayered chert, slaty quartzite, and cherty 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:A.F. Buddington
Taxonomic list comments:Identified by G.H. Girty.
Metadata
Also known as:930 (5443)
Database number:112176
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-07-06 03:26:41 Last modified:2023-03-19 16:07:48
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-06 03:26:41
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]