Vallemar Bay, Gravina Island: Devonian, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Pholadostrophia sp.
Bryozoa
Bryozoa indet. (Ehrenberg 1831)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
? Stropheodonta sp. Hall 1852
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes cf. manitobensis
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 55.4° North, 131.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.4° South, 80.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Devonian
10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1-5
Key time interval:Devonian
Age range of interval:419.20000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "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
Taxonomic list comments:Identified by E.M. Kindle.
Metadata
Database number:112324
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:S. Kolbe Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-07-09 04:44:49 Last modified:2011-07-10 20:32:08
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-09 04:44:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36639. H. C. Berg and E. L. Cruz. 1982. Map and table describing fossil collections and related samples in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert Quadrangles, southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1088 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]