Island in Klawak Inlet (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as 16 ACh 145

Where: Alaska (55.6° N, 133.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° S, 74.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified, black chert

• Coarsely crystalline highly fossiliferous limestone and black thin-layered chert.

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 112175: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
? Naticopsis sp.
? Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp.
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora spp., "? Pinnatopora sp." = Penniretepora
"? Pinnatopora sp." = Penniretepora
or Ptilopora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella spp.
Fenestella spp. Lonsdale 1839
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris sp.
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp.
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
? Leiorhynchus aff. greenianum
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp.
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
? Martinia sp.
? Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer aff. bifurcatus, "Brachythyris aff. suborbicularis" = Spirifer suborbicularis
"Brachythyris aff. suborbicularis" = Spirifer suborbicularis Hall 1858
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia sp.
Reticularia sp. Frederiks 1915
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
? Schizophoria sp.
? Schizophoria sp. King 1850
or Rhipidomella sp.
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Pustula aff. wallacianus
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus ? ovatus" = Linoproductus ovatus
"Productus ? ovatus" = Linoproductus ovatus Hall 1858
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
? Orthotetes sp.
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp.
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion sp.
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
? Lonsdaleia sp.
? Lonsdaleia sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral