USGS 6750-CO Seward Peninsula (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as 68ADu30

Where: Alaska (65.5° N, 166.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 37.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dutro in 1968

Primary reference: C. L. Sainsbury, J. T., J.r. Dutro, and M. Churkin. 1971. The Ordovician-Silurian boundary in the York Mountains, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 750(C):C52-C57 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 101861: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 04.01.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
two kinds
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"? Murchisonia (Hormotoma) sp." = Hormotoma
"? Murchisonia (Hormotoma) sp." = Hormotoma Salter 1859 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Loxoplocus (Lophospira) sp." = Lophospira
"Loxoplocus (Lophospira) sp." = Lophospira Whitfield 1886 snail
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema (Trochonema) sp. Salter 1859 snail
Trochonemella reusingi Rohr 1988 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
""Liospira" ("Liospira") mundula" = Paraliospira mundula, Liospira cf. progne
""Liospira" ("Liospira") mundula" = Paraliospira mundula Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Liospira cf. progne Billings 1860 snail
 Murchisoniina - Straparollinidae
"Straparella cf. circe" = Straparollina circe, Daidia cerithioides
"Straparella cf. circe" = Straparollina circe Billings 1860 snail
Daidia cerithioides Salter 1859 snail
[entered as Daidia cerithoides]
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta indet. Salter 1852 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
? Hebertella indet. Hall and Clarke 1892