Wadleigh Island, 65ACn 1791, Alaska: Eifelian, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Phillipsastreidae
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Thamnophyllum sp.
Penecke 1894
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Pachyporidae
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? Cladopora sp.
Hall 1851
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Alveolitidae
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Alveolites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Auloporidae
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Auloporidae indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 55.5° North, 133.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.1° South, 80.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Eifelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wadleigh Limestone | ||||
| Local section: | Wadleigh Island | Local bed: | 4 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper? Eifelian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: Fine-grained dark limestone | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: Conceivably developed on the flanks of reefs | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Focus on corals | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3307 | ||
| Database number: | 36591 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-06 04:41:32 | Last modified: | 2004-02-06 08:41:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-06 04:41:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9811. | 1% 15380 | 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] |