Slocum Arm, Chichagof Island (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.4° N, 135.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 82.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified slate and lithified, muddy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112305: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 08.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by T.W. Stanton.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella aff. fischeriana" = Buchia fischeriana
"Aucella aff. fischeriana" = Buchia fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845 scallop