USNM Locality 38755- Cascaden Ridge, near Amy Dome, Livengood Quadrangle: Eifelian, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Prodentalium sp.
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Plagioglypta sp.
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informal Stropheodontid indet.
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originally entered as "stropheodontid " | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
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informal Tabulata indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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originally entered as "dendroid tabulate " | ||||||||||
unclassified
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informal Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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originally entered as "pelmatazoan ossicles " | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Proterocidaridae
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Pholidocidaris sp.
Meek and Worthen 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Retispira sp.
Knight 1945
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32 specimens | |||||||||
Bucanopsis sullivani
Blodgett 1992
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12 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Retispira sullivani | ||||||||||
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) chapmani
Blodgett 1992
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19 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Bellerophon chapmani | ||||||||||
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) livengoodensis
Blodgett 1992
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67 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Bellerophon livengoodensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
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? Gyronema ormistoni
Blodgett 1992
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11 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Kitikamispira ormistoni | ||||||||||
Straparollus (Serpulospira) sp.
(Cossmann 1915)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Serpulospira | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Omphalocirridae
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Hypomphalocirrus cf. rugosus
Linsley 1973
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23 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Pseudomphalotrochus linsleyi
Blodgett 1992
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51 specimens | |||||||||
Straparollus (Euomphalus) bundtzeni
Blodgett 1992
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16 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Euomphalus bundtzeni | ||||||||||
Mastigospira weberae
Blodgett 1992
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Loxonematidae
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Clathronema cloughi
Blodgett 1992
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34 specimens | |||||||||
Loxonema cingulatum
Whiteaves 1892
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Clathronema cingulata | ||||||||||
Loxonema informal sp. 1
Phillips 1841
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Loxonema informal sp. 2
Phillips 1841
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Palaeozygopleuridae
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Palaeozygopleura sp.
Horný 1955
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Alaskozygopleura crassicostata
Blodgett 1992
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102 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Subulites sp.
Emmons 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= ? Macrochilina sp.
Bayle 1880
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
synonym of Strobeus | ||||||||||
Strobeus aff. pulchella
(Whiteaves 1892)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Bensbergia subcostata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Buechelia nodosa
Blodgett 1992
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171 specimens | |||||||||
Peruvispira churkini n. sp.
Blodgett 1992
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Spinulrichospira churkini | ||||||||||
Euryzone sp.
Koken 1896
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ptychomphalina sp.
Fischer 1885
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1 specimen | |||||||||
"Pleurotomaria" aff. binodosa
Römer 1843
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Winterbergiella aff. binodosa
Römer 1843
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
Callistadia sp.
Knight 1945
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Murchisonia sp.
d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Naticopsis (Jedria) deckeri
Blodgett 1992
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113 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Jedria deckeri | ||||||||||
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) sp.
M'Coy 1844
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) bowsheri
Blodgett 1992
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46 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Naticopsis bowsheri | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Orthonematidae
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? Aclisina sp.
de Koninck 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "Aclisina? sp." | ||||||||||
? Stegocoelia (Taosia) sp.
(Girty 1939)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Taosia | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Dechenella sp.
Kayser 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska | County: | Livengood B-3 Quadrangle |
Coordinates: | 65.5° North, 148.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 1.0° South, 41.9° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
*Period: | Middle Devonian | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Middle Devonian |
*International age/stage: | Eifelian - Eifelian | ||
Key time interval: | Eifelian | Conodont zone: | Tortodus australis |
Age range of interval: | 393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cascaden | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Tortodus australis zone (395 - 394 Ma on Gradstein et al.). Originally entered under the informal name of Cascaden Ridge Unit. Undelries Tolovana Limestone & overlies Pridoli-Emsian aged ultramafics, with Amy Creek below those. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone |
Environment: | submarine fan |
Geology comments: lensoid silstone channel deposit |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Taxonomic list comments:I've updated the generic taxonomy |
Metadata
Database number: | 3639 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-05 16:12:14 | Last modified: | 2019-11-11 10:52:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-05 16:12:14 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
221. | R. B. Blodgett. 1992. Taxonomy and paleobiogeographic affinities of an early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropod faunule from the Livengood Quadrangle, East-Central Alaska. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 221:125-168 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |