USGS coll. 6407-SD Brooks Range: Devonian, Alaska
collected by Brosge 1960
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Disphyllidae
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Disphyllum sp.
Fromentel 1861
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Phillipsastreidae
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? Thamnophyllum sp.
Penecke 1894
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 68.2° North, 145.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.0° North, 31.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Devonian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1-5 |
| Key time interval: | Devonian |
| Age range of interval: | 419.20000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified slate |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified conglomerate |
| Lithology description: Slate-conglomerate-limestone unit | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Brosge | Collection dates: | 1960 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 60ABe555 | ||
| Database number: | 101002 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe |
| Modifier: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-15 05:50:47 | Last modified: | 2010-12-22 08:55:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-15 05:50:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34502. | W. A., J.r. Oliver, C. W. Merriam, and M. Churkin. 1975. Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian corals of Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 823-B:13-44 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 34643 | W. P. Brosgé, J. T., J.r. Dutro, M. D. Mandus and H. N. Reiser. 1962. Paleozoic sequence in eastern Brooks Range, Alaska. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 46(12):2174-2198 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/P. Wagner] |