Where: Alaska (55.5° N, 133.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 80.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wadleigh Limestone Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• Upper? Givetian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
• Focus on corals
Primary reference: I. I. Tchudinova, M. Churkin, Jr., and G. D. Eberlein. 1974. Devonian syringoporoid corals from southeastern Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 48(1):124-134 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 36595: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral | |
Syringopora rockfordensis tabulate coral | |
Phillipsastrea (Pachyphyllum) sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral |