Coronados Island (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as 15ACh 278

Where: Alaska (55.4° N, 133.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 80.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wadleigh Limestone Formation, Middle Devonian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

• PJW: Middle Devonian here is Wadleigh Limestone.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. Chapin

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 111919: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 30.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by E.M. Kirk.
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Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Straparollinidae
Straparollina sp.
Straparollina sp. Billings 1865 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus sp.
Leiorhynchus sp. Hall 1860
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus burtini
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella sp.
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
"Bronteus sp." = Scutellum
"Bronteus sp." = Scutellum Pusch 1833 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites spp.
Favosites spp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Cyathophyllum sp.
Cyathophyllum sp. Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
? Stromatopora sp.
? Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge