Coronados Island, 7: Frasnian, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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Phacellophyllum sp.
Gürich 1909
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Alveolitidae
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Alveolites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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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: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | 7 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Top 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: | 36605 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-06 05:13:41 | Last modified: | 2011-04-27 14:19:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-06 05:13:41 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |