Port Camden, Kuiu Island: Eocene, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Castanaea castaneaefolia
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Osmunda doroschkiana Göppert 1861
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfii (Heer 1877)
original and current combination Taxites langsdorfii
Taxodium dubium (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus macquarri
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Planera ungeri Ettingshausen 1851
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 56.8° North, 133.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.5° North, 120.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified argillaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified conglomerate
Lithology description: Fine-grained gray argillaceous sandstone interstratified with conglomerate composed of lava cobbles.
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Identified by A. Hollick.
Metadata
Database number:112317
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:S. Kolbe Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-07-08 21:56:41 Last modified:2011-07-08 08:00:31
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-08 21:56:41
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]