Coronados Island, 66ACn 471, Alaska: Frasnian, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea (Pachyphyllum) sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955
Alveolitella sp. Sokolov 1952
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora obesa
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 55.4° 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:Coronados Island Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Base of Wadleigh
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
Database number:36604
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-02-06 05:12:52 Last modified:2004-02-06 07:12:53
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-06 05:12:52
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]