Wadleigh Island, 66ACn 1451 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3309

Where: Alaska (55.5° N, 133.1° W: paleocoordinates 16.7° S, 79.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wadleigh Limestone Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• Upper? Frasnian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

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 36597: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum sp.
Tabulophyllum sp. Fenton and Fenton 1924 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Sociophyllum sp.
Sociophyllum sp. Birenheide 1962 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
"Neostringophyllum sp." = Acanthophyllum (Neostringophyllum)
"Neostringophyllum sp." = Acanthophyllum (Neostringophyllum) Wedekind 1922 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phacellophyllum sp., Phillipsastrea (Pachyphyllum) sp., Phillipsastrea (Phillipsastrea) sp., Macgeea sp.
Phacellophyllum sp. Gürich 1909 horn coral
Phillipsastrea (Pachyphyllum) sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
Phillipsastrea (Phillipsastrea) sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
Macgeea sp. Webster 1889 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Syringoporella rara n. sp.
Syringoporella rara n. sp. tabulate coral