Where: Prince of Wales County, Alaska (55.3° N, 133.3° W: paleocoordinates 13.4° S, 79.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Port Refugio Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)
• mid to late Famennian
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments and gray, silty limestone
Collection methods: Specimen counts given by Savage et al. in table 1.
Primary reference: N. M. Savage, G. D. Eberlein, and M. Churkin, Jr. 1978. Upper Devonian brachiopods from the Port Refugio Formation, Suemez Island, southeastern Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 52(2):370-393 [M. Foote/M. Foote/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 40584: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 25.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Cyrtospirifer buddingtoni n. sp.
Cyrtospirifer buddingtoni n. sp. Savage et al. 1978 | |
Mucrospirifer refugiensis n. sp.
Mucrospirifer refugiensis n. sp. Savage et al. 1978 | |
Chapinella bucareliensis n. gen. n. sp.
Chapinella bucareliensis n. gen. n. sp. Savage et al. 1978 | |
Rugaltarostrum congregabile n. sp.
Rugaltarostrum congregabile n. sp. Savage et al. 1978 | |
Johnsonathyris adrianensis n. gen. n. sp., Cleiothyridina milleri n. sp.
Johnsonathyris adrianensis n. gen. n. sp. Savage et al. 1978
Cleiothyridina milleri n. sp. Savage et al. 1978 |