Soda Bay, Prince of Wales Island (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Alaska (55.3° N, 133.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.6° S, 74.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified, black chert

• Coarsely crystalline highly fossiliferous limestone and black thin-layered chert.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wright in 1905

Primary reference: A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112164: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbya sp." = Derbyia
"Derbya sp." = Derbyia Waagen 1884
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
"Productus aff. concentricus" = Chonetipustula concentrica
"Productus aff. concentricus" = Chonetipustula concentrica Hall 1857
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus aff. cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus aff. cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Productellidae
Productus aff. setiger, Productus hirsutiformis, Productus aff. burlingtonesis
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus aff. mesialis" = Dictyoclostus mesialis
"Productus aff. mesialis" = Dictyoclostus mesialis Hall 1858
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus aff. punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus
"Productus aff. punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris aff. lamellosa
Athyris aff. lamellosa Léveillé 1835
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp.
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
? Schizophoria sp.
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer aff. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer aff. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer aff. keokuk
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Reticularia aff. setigera
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
? Menophyllum sp.
? Menophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral