Wadleigh Island, 65ACn 1811, Alaska: Givetian, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 55.5° North, 133.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.8° South, 80.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wadleigh Limestone
Local section:Wadleigh Island Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lower? Givetian
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 3308
Database number:36592
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-02-06 04:42:54 Last modified:2004-02-06 08:42:29
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-06 04:42:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9811.1% 15380I. 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]