Islet at head of Labouchere Bay, Prince of Wales Island - 1130 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.3° N, 133.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 92.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified conglomerate and lithified slate

• Cobbles in Silurian volcanic and conglomerate formation and intercalated slate and limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.F. Buddington

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 111847: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 29.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by E. Kirk.
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Subrianidae
Conchidium sp. Oehlert 1887
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail