Wadleigh Island, 66ACn 1451: Frasnian, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Ptenophyllidae
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Neostringophyllum sp.
Wedekind 1922
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spelled with current rank as Acanthophyllum (Neostringophyllum) | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stringophyllidae
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Sociophyllum sp.
Birenheide 1962
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Kyphophyllidae
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Tabulophyllum sp.
Fenton and Fenton 1924
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Phillipsastreidae
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Macgeea sp.
Webster 1889
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Phacellophyllum sp.
Gürich 1909
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Phillipsastrea (Pachyphyllum) sp.
d'Orbigny 1849
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Phillipsastrea (Phillipsastrea) sp.
d'Orbigny 1849
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Pachyporidae
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Thamnopora sp.
Steininger 1831
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Multithecoporidae
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Syringoporella rara n. sp.
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
Coordinates: | 55.5° North, 133.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 16.7° South, 79.9° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
Key time interval: | Frasnian | ||
Age range of interval: | 382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Wadleigh Limestone | ||||
Local section: | Wadleigh Island | Local bed: | 10 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Upper? Frasnian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
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 3309 | ||
Database number: | 36597 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-02-06 04:54:20 | Last modified: | 2008-08-21 09:34:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-06 04:54:20 |
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] |