Halleck Harbor, Saginaw Bay, Kuiu Island, upper section (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.2° W: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 65.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Saginaw Bay Formation, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• Upper 450 feet of section, "division b". PJW: Pennsylvannian strata on Kuiu Island are Saginaw Bay Formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Light gray limestone, locally cherty.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E.M. Kirk

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 111915: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"? Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes spp.
Chonetes spp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus aff. lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus, "Productus aff. aagardi" = Megousia aagardi
"Productus aff. lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus Waagen 1884
"Productus aff. aagardi" = Megousia aagardi Toula 1875
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus aff. mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata, "Productus aff. timanicus" = Sowerbina timanica
"Productus aff. mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata Keyserling 1846
"Productus aff. timanicus" = Sowerbina timanica Stuckenberg 1875
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus aff. gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti, "Productus aff. occidentalis" = Rugatia occidentalis, Productus sp.
"Productus aff. gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti Krotov 1888
"Productus aff. occidentalis" = Rugatia occidentalis Newberry 1861
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus aff. humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti
"Productus aff. humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti d'Orbigny 1842
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus aff. pelargonatum
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora aff. geinitziana, Rhynchopora aff. nikitini
Rhynchopora aff. nikitini Tschernyschew 1889
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria aff. purdoni" = Stenoscisma purdoni, "Camarophoria margaritovi" = Stenoscisma margaritovi
"Camarophoria aff. purdoni" = Stenoscisma purdoni Davidson 1862
"Camarophoria margaritovi" = Stenoscisma margaritovi Tschernyschew 1902
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Cleiothyris sp." = Cleiothyridina
"Cleiothyris sp." = Cleiothyridina Buckman 1906
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer aff. blasii" = Blasispirifer blasii, "Spirifer aff. marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui
"Spirifer aff. blasii" = Blasispirifer blasii de Verneuil 1845
"Spirifer aff. marcoui" = Betaneospirifer marcoui Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spirifer arcticus" = Spiriferella arctica
"Spirifer arcticus" = Spiriferella arctica Haughton 1858
 Spiriferida - Paeckelmanellidae
"Spirifer aff. dieneri" = Paeckelmanella dieneri
"Spirifer aff. dieneri" = Paeckelmanella dieneri Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Spirifer aff. alatus" = Pterospirifer alatus
"Spirifer aff. alatus" = Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Squamularia sp.
Squamularia sp. Gemmellaro 1899
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina aff. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Spiriferina aff. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. Beede and Rogers 1900
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora sp.
Stenopora sp. Lonsdale 1844