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G. D. Eberlein, Michael Churkin, Jr., Claire Carter, H. C. Berg, and A. T. Ovenshine
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE CRAIG QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By G. D. Eberlein, Michael Churkin, Jr., Claire Carter, H. C. Berg, and A. T. Ovenshine Open-File Report 83-91 This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and strati graphic nomenclature Menlo Park, California 1983 Geology of the Craig Quadrangle, Alaska By G. D. Eberlein, Michael Churkin, Jr., Claire Carter, H. C. Berg, and A. T. Ovenshine Introduction This report consists of the following: 1) Geologic map (1:250,000) (Fig. 1); includes Figs. 2-4, index maps 2) Description of map units 3) Map showing key fossil and geochronology localities (Fig. 5) 4) Table listing key fossil collections 5) Correlation diagram showing Silurian and Lower Devonian facies changes in the northwestern part of the quadrangle (Fig. 6) 6) Sequence of Paleozoic restored cross sections within the Alexander terrane showing a history of upward shoaling volcanic-arc activity (Fig. 7). The Craig quadrangle contains parts of three northwest-trending tectonostratigraphic terranes (Berg and others, 1972, 1978). From southwest to northeast they are the Alexander terrane, the Gravina-Nutzotin belt, and the Taku terrane. The Alexander terrane of Paleozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks, and Paleozoic and Mesozoic plutonic rocks, underlies the Prince of Wales Island region southwest of Clarence Strait. Supracrustal rocks of the Alexander terrane range in age from Early Ordovician into the Pennsylvanian, are unmetamorphosed and richly fossiliferous, and aopear to stratigraphically overlie pre-Middle Ordovician metamorphic rocks of the Wales Group (Eberlein and Churkin, 1970). -
Taxonomic Checklist of CITES Listed Coral Species Part II
CoP16 Doc. 43.1 (Rev. 1) Annex 5.2 (English only / Únicamente en inglés / Seulement en anglais) Taxonomic Checklist of CITES listed Coral Species Part II CORAL SPECIES AND SYNONYMS CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED IN THE UNEP‐WCMC DATABASE 1. Scleractinia families Family Name Accepted Name Species Author Nomenclature Reference Synonyms ACROPORIDAE Acropora abrolhosensis Veron, 1985 Veron (2000) Madrepora crassa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860; ACROPORIDAE Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) Veron (2000) Madrepora abrotanoides Lamarck, 1816; Acropora mangarevensis Vaughan, 1906 ACROPORIDAE Acropora aculeus (Dana, 1846) Veron (2000) Madrepora aculeus Dana, 1846 Madrepora acuminata Verrill, 1864; Madrepora diffusa ACROPORIDAE Acropora acuminata (Verrill, 1864) Veron (2000) Verrill, 1864; Acropora diffusa (Verrill, 1864); Madrepora nigra Brook, 1892 ACROPORIDAE Acropora akajimensis Veron, 1990 Veron (2000) Madrepora coronata Brook, 1892; Madrepora ACROPORIDAE Acropora anthocercis (Brook, 1893) Veron (2000) anthocercis Brook, 1893 ACROPORIDAE Acropora arabensis Hodgson & Carpenter, 1995 Veron (2000) Madrepora aspera Dana, 1846; Acropora cribripora (Dana, 1846); Madrepora cribripora Dana, 1846; Acropora manni (Quelch, 1886); Madrepora manni ACROPORIDAE Acropora aspera (Dana, 1846) Veron (2000) Quelch, 1886; Acropora hebes (Dana, 1846); Madrepora hebes Dana, 1846; Acropora yaeyamaensis Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 ACROPORIDAE Acropora austera (Dana, 1846) Veron (2000) Madrepora austera Dana, 1846 ACROPORIDAE Acropora awi Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998 Veron (2000) ACROPORIDAE Acropora azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984 Veron (2000) ACROPORIDAE Acropora batunai Wallace, 1997 Veron (2000) ACROPORIDAE Acropora bifurcata Nemenzo, 1971 Veron (2000) ACROPORIDAE Acropora branchi Riegl, 1995 Veron (2000) Madrepora brueggemanni Brook, 1891; Isopora ACROPORIDAE Acropora brueggemanni (Brook, 1891) Veron (2000) brueggemanni (Brook, 1891) ACROPORIDAE Acropora bushyensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 Veron (2000) Acropora fasciculare Latypov, 1992 ACROPORIDAE Acropora cardenae Wells, 1985 Veron (2000) CoP16 Doc. -
A Revision of Heritschioides Yabe, 1950 (Anthozoa, Rugosa), Latest Mississippian and Earliest Pennsylvanian of Western North America
Palaeontologia Electronica palaeo-electronica.org A revision of Heritschioides Yabe, 1950 (Anthozoa, Rugosa), latest Mississippian and earliest Pennsylvanian of western North America Jerzy Fedorowski, E. Wayne Bamber, and Calvin H. Stevens ABSTRACT New data from a detailed study of the type and topotype collections of the type species of Heritschioides confirm the unique status of the genus as colonial and bear- ing extra septal lamellae. The associated microfossils establish its age as late Serpuk- hovian to early Bashkirian. The close connection of the cardinal septum to the median lamella and the axial structure points to the family Aulophyllidae. However, the incon- sistent role of the protosepta in the formation of the median lamella is unique for Herits- chioides. This feature and the colonial growth form allow its assignment to a separate subfamily, the Heritschioidinae Sando, 1985, which is closely related to the subfamily Aulophyllinae. So far, the subfamily Heritschioidinae is known to occur only in rocks along the western margin of North America. Jerzy Fedorowski. Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Maków Polnych 16, Pl-61-606, Poznań, Poland. [email protected] E. Wayne Bamber. Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary), 3303-33rd Street N. W., Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7, Canada. [email protected] Calvin H. Stevens. Department of Geology, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA. [email protected] Keywords: Late Serpukhovian-early Bashkirian; colonial coral; type specimens; western North America; allochthonous terranes. INTRODUCTION lated structural block on a ridge northwest of Blind Creek, approximately 6.5 kilometers east of Corals here assigned to the genus Heritschioi- Keremeos in southern British Columbia, Canada des were first described by Smith (1935) from (48°12’20”N, 119°43’20”W; Figure 1). -
Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Paleoenvironment and Paleogeography of the Seventy Tethyan Maastrichtian-Paleogene Foraminiferal Species of Anan, a Review
Journal of Microbiology & Experimentation Review Article Open Access Paleontology, stratigraphy, paleoenvironment and paleogeography of the seventy Tethyan Maastrichtian-Paleogene foraminiferal species of Anan, a review Abstract Volume 9 Issue 3 - 2021 During the last four decades ago, seventy foraminiferal species have been erected by Haidar Salim Anan the present author, which start at 1984 by one recent agglutinated foraminiferal species Emirates Professor of Stratigraphy and Micropaleontology, Al Clavulina pseudoparisensis from Qusseir-Marsa Alam stretch, Red Sea coast of Egypt. Azhar University-Gaza, Palestine After that year tell now, one planktic foraminiferal species Plummerita haggagae was erected from Egypt (Misr), two new benthic foraminiferal genera Leroyia (with its 3 species) Correspondence: Haidar Salim Anan, Emirates Professor of and Lenticuzonaria (2 species), and another 18 agglutinated species, 3 porcelaneous, 26 Stratigraphy and Micropaleontology, Al Azhar University-Gaza, Lagenid and 18 Rotaliid species. All these species were recorded from Maastrichtian P. O. Box 1126, Palestine, Email and/or Paleogene benthic foraminiferal species. Thirty nine species of them were erected originally from Egypt (about 58 %), 17 species from the United Arab Emirates, UAE (about Received: May 06, 2021 | Published: June 25, 2021 25 %), 8 specie from Pakistan (about 11 %), 2 species from Jordan, and 1 species from each of Tunisia, France, Spain and USA. More than one species have wide paleogeographic distribution around the Northern and Southern Tethys, i.e. Bathysiphon saidi (Egypt, UAE, Hungary), Clavulina pseudoparisensis (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Arabian Gulf), Miliammina kenawyi, Pseudoclavulina hamdani, P. hewaidyi, Saracenaria leroyi and Hemirobulina bassiounii (Egypt, UAE), Tritaxia kaminskii (Spain, UAE), Orthokarstenia nakkadyi (Egypt, Tunisia, France, Spain), Nonionella haquei (Egypt, Pakistan). -
Silurian Rugose Corals of the Central and Southwest Great Basin
Silurian Rugose Corals of the Central and Southwest Great Basin GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 777 Silurian Rugose Corals of the Central and Southwest Great Basin By CHARLES W. MERRIAM GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 777 A stratigraphic-paleontologic investigation of rugose corals as aids in age detern2ination and correlation of Silurian rocks of the Great Basin with those of other regions UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON 1973 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROGERS C. B. MORTON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY V. E. McKelvey, Director Library of Congress catalog-card No. 73-600082 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402- Price $2.15 (paper cover) Stock Number 2401-00363 CONTENTS Page Page Abstract--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Systematic and descriptive palaeontology-Continued Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Family Streptelasmatidae-Continued Purpose and scope of investigation------------------------------- 1 Dalmanophyllum ------------------------------------------------- 32 History of investigation ---------------------------------------------- 1 Family Stauriidae ------------------------------------------------------- 32 Methods of study------------------------------------------------------- 2 Cyathoph y llo ides-------------------------------------------------- 32 Acknowledgments------------------------------------------------------- 4 Palaeophyllum -
Corals (Anthozoa, Tabulata and Rugosa)
Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, section Sciences de la Terre, 2008, n°30, 1-12. Corals (Anthozoa, Tabulata and Rugosa) and chaetetids (Porifera) from the Devonian of the Semara area (Morocco) at the Museo Geominero (Madrid, Spain), and their biogeographic significance Andreas MAY Saint Louis University - Madrid campus, Avenida del Valle 34, E-28003 Madrid, Spain e-mail: [email protected] Abstract. The paper describes the three tabulate coral species Caliapora robusta (Pradáčová, 1938), Pachyfavosites tumulosus Janet, 1965 and Thamnopora major (Radugin, 1938), the rugose coral Phillipsastrea ex gr. irregularis (Webster & Fenton in Fenton & Fenton, 1924) and the chaetetid Rhaphidopora crinalis (Schlüter, 1880). The specimens are described for the first time from Givetian and probably Frasnian strata of Semara area (Morocco, former Spanish Sahara). The material is stored in the Museo Geominero in Madrid. The tabulate corals and the chaetetid demonstrate close biogeographic relationships to Central and Eastern Europe as well as to Western Siberia. The fauna does not show any special influence of the Eastern Americas Realm. Key words: Anthozoa, biogeography, Devonian, tabulate corals, Morocco, West Sahara palaeogeographic province Coraux (Anthozoa, Tabulata et Rugosa) et chaetétides (Porifera) du Dévonien de la région de Smara (Maroc) déposés au Museo Geominero (Madrid) et leur signification biogéographique. Résumé. L´article décrit trois espèces de coraux tabulés : Caliapora robusta (Pradáčová, 1938), Pachyfavosites tumulosus Janet, 1965, et Thamnopora major (Radugin, 1938), le corail rugueux Phillipsastrea ex gr. irregularis (Webster & Fenton in Fenton & Fenton, 1924) ainsi que le chaetétide Rhaphidopora crinalis (Schlüter, 1880). Les spécimens, entreposés au Museo Geominero de Madrid, proviennent des couches givétiennes et probablement frasniennes de différents gisements de la région de Smara (Maroc, ancien Sahara espagnol), d’où elles sont décrites pour la première fois. -
Note on the Fine Skeletal Structures in Scleractinia and in Tabulata
Title Note on the Fine Skeletal Structures in Scleractinia and in Tabulata Author(s) Kato, Makoto Citation Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy, 14(1), 51-56 Issue Date 1968-02 Doc URL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/35982 Type bulletin (article) File Information 14(1)_51-56.pdf Instructions for use Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers : HUSCAP NOTE ON THE FINE SKELETAL STRUCTURES IN SCLERACTINIA AND IN TABULATA by Makoto KATo (with 1 Text-figure) (Contribution from the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Faculty of Science, Hokl<aido University. No. 1069) On the fine sketetal structures in Scleractinia Scleractinia is a vast group including reef corals of recent time. Much knowl- edge on the ecology, physiology and so on of the recent Scleractinians has been accumulated up to the present by a number of research worlcers. By deduction, biological aspects of fossil Scleractinians may be readily sought in these data on recent corals. Being an extinct group, however, nothing definite has been ascertained as to the true biological aspects of Palaeozoic Rugosa, though many functional features or conditions of Scleractinia can be also attributed to Rugosa, since the former is the nearest ally to the latter. Hence, one must study in every detail the biology of the recent Scleractinia, for the thorough understanding of Palaeozoic Rugosa, It is well known that in Scleractinia microstructure of coral skeleton has been taken as a clue to major divisions of the group. (VAuGHAN 8c WELLs, 1943 : WEms, 1956) Recent comprehensive work on Scleractinia by ALLoiTEAu (1957) also gave importance to the microstructure in the classification of the said group, For the sake of comparison with Palaeozoic corals, the writer also examined many thin sections of Scleractinians kept at the British Museum of Natural History. -
The Earliest Diverging Extant Scleractinian Corals Recovered by Mitochondrial Genomes Isabela G
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN The earliest diverging extant scleractinian corals recovered by mitochondrial genomes Isabela G. L. Seiblitz1,2*, Kátia C. C. Capel2, Jarosław Stolarski3, Zheng Bin Randolph Quek4, Danwei Huang4,5 & Marcelo V. Kitahara1,2 Evolutionary reconstructions of scleractinian corals have a discrepant proportion of zooxanthellate reef-building species in relation to their azooxanthellate deep-sea counterparts. In particular, the earliest diverging “Basal” lineage remains poorly studied compared to “Robust” and “Complex” corals. The lack of data from corals other than reef-building species impairs a broader understanding of scleractinian evolution. Here, based on complete mitogenomes, the early onset of azooxanthellate corals is explored focusing on one of the most morphologically distinct families, Micrabaciidae. Sequenced on both Illumina and Sanger platforms, mitogenomes of four micrabaciids range from 19,048 to 19,542 bp and have gene content and order similar to the majority of scleractinians. Phylogenies containing all mitochondrial genes confrm the monophyly of Micrabaciidae as a sister group to the rest of Scleractinia. This topology not only corroborates the hypothesis of a solitary and azooxanthellate ancestor for the order, but also agrees with the unique skeletal microstructure previously found in the family. Moreover, the early-diverging position of micrabaciids followed by gardineriids reinforces the previously observed macromorphological similarities between micrabaciids and Corallimorpharia as -
Chapter 9. State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the U.S
State of Deep‐Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the Northeast United States Chapter 9 in The State of Deep‐Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States Report Recommended citation: Packer DB, Nizinski MS, Bachman MS, Drohan AF, Poti M, Kinlan BP (2017) State of Deep‐Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the Northeast United States. In: Hourigan TF, Etnoyer, PJ, Cairns, SD (eds.). The State of Deep‐Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS‐OHC‐4, Silver Spring, MD. 62 p. Available online: http://deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov/library. An octopus hides in a rock wall dotted with cup coral and soft coral in Welker Canyon off New England. Courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. STATE OF DEEP‐SEA CORAL AND SPONGE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES STATE OF DEEP-SEA CORAL AND SPONGE David B. Packer1*, ECOSYSTEMS OF THE Martha S. NORTHEAST UNITED Nizinski2, Michelle S. STATES Bachman3, Amy F. Drohan1, I. Introduction Matthew Poti4, The Northeast region extends from Maine to North Carolina ends at and Brian P. the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). It encompasses the 4 continental shelf and slope of Georges Bank, southern New Kinlan England, and the Mid‐Atlantic Bight to Cape Hatteras as well as four New England Seamounts (Bear, Physalia, Mytilus, and 1 NOAA Habitat Ecology Retriever) located off the continental shelf near Georges Bank (Fig. Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 1). Of particular interest in the region is the Gulf of Maine, a semi‐ Sandy Hook, NJ enclosed, separate “sea within a sea” bounded by the Scotian Shelf * Corresponding Author: to the north (U.S. -
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http://www.amfed.org/sfms/index.html The KYANA Geological Society video produced by member Dave Shuffett can also be found on KET EncyloMedia internet site: http://www.ket.org/itvvideos/offering/science/ksroc.htm Electronic Edition of "LODESTAR" http://www.amfed.org/sfms/pdf/lodestar_may-june09.pdf MEETING TIME: 3rd Tuesday of each month - Social/Swap at 7:00 p.m. Meeting Starts at 7:30. Go To: http://www.kyanageo.org LOCATION: The Louisville Nature Center 3745 Illinois Avenue, Louisville, KY 40213 handicap accessible facility - visitors welcome http://www.louisvillenaturecenter.org DIRECTIONS: From the Watterson Expressway (I-264) -Take Exit 14 to Poplar Level Road North. Take Poplar Level Road to Trevilian Way (1.0 mi). Turn Right on to Trevilian Way. Take Trevilian Way to Illinois Avenue (0.2 mile) (to your left, Illinois Avenue is the first intersecting KYANA’s mission is to provide educational, road just before the Zoo entrance). recreational and social opportunities to those Turn left on to Illinois Avenue. interested in geological sciences and lapidary arts. Take Illinois Avenue to the Louisville Nature Center parking lot on your right (0.2 mile). Except for items specifically copyrighted by authors, other non-profit societies may use material in this newsletter. KYANA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Indiana and Kentucky / Volume 44, Number 9 THE GEMSCOOP c/o Sherry Lindle 6004 Highplace Dr Louisville, KY 40291 Revised July 7, 1999 at the AFMS Annual Meeting KYANA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Member of the The Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc. and American Federation of Mineralogical Societies “Code of Ethics” I will respect both private and public property and will do no collecting I will cause no willful damage to collecting materials and will take home only on privately owned land without the owner’s permission. -
Life Strategies and Function of Dissepiments in Rugose Coral Catactotoechus Instabilis from the Lower Devonian of Morocco
Life strategies and function of dissepiments in rugose coral Catactotoechus instabilis from the Lower Devonian of Morocco BŁAŻEJ BERKOWSKI Berkowski, B. 2012. Life strategies and function of dissepiments in rugose coral Catactotoechus instabilis from the Lower Devonian of Morocco. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (2): 391–400. This study focuses on the life strategies of small, dissepimented rugose coral Catactotoechus instabilis (representative of Cyathaxonia fauna) from the Emsian argillaceous deposits of mud mounds of Hamar Laghdad (Anti−Atlas, Morocco). Numerous constrictions and rejuvenescence phenomena as well as frequent deflections of growth directions among the studied specimens suggest unfavourable bottom conditions resulted from sliding down of the soft sediment on the mound slopes. Dissepimental structures observed on well−preserved calices and thin sections played an important role in the life of the coral, supporting their successful recovery after temporary burial within unstable soft sediment. The development of lonsdaleoid dissepiments, apart from being biologically controlled, was also strongly influenced by environmental fac− tors. Such modifications in lonsdaleoid dissepiments growth were observed in phases of constrictions, rejuvenescence and deflections of growth, when their development was significantly increased in comparison to phases of their stable growth. Dissepiment morphology suggests that the process of formation of lonsdaleoid dissepiments in Catactotoechus instabilis is consistent with the hydraulic model. -
Mass Occurrence of the Large Solitary Rugose Coral Phaulactis Angusta at the Boundary Lower/Upper Visby Formation in The
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290510570 Mass occurrence of the large solitary rugose coral Phaulactis angusta at the boundary Lower/Upper Visby Formation in the... Article in Gff -Uppsala- · January 2016 DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2015.1103780 CITATIONS READS 0 247 3 authors, including: Axel Munnecke Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg 116 PUBLICATIONS 2,597 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Paleobiology of graptolites View project All content following this page was uploaded by Axel Munnecke on 02 February 2016. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in blue are added to the original document and are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately. GFF, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11035897.2015.1103780 Article Mass occurrence of the large solitary rugose coral Phaulactis angusta at the boundary Lower/Upper Visby Formation in the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden: palaeoecology and depositional implications FRIEDERIKE ADOMAT12, AXEL MUNNECKE1 and ERIKA KIDO3 Adomat F., Munnecke A.& Kido E., 2016: Mass occurrence of the large solitary rugose coral Phaulactis an- gusta at the boundary Lower/Upper Visby Formation in the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden: Palaeoecology and depositional implications. GFF, Vol 00, pp. 1–17. © Geologiska Föreningen. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1 1035897.2015.1103780. Abstract: The boundary between the Lower and Upper Visby formations on Gotland (Sweden), which roughly correlates with the Llandovery–Wenlock boundary, is characterised by a mass occurrence of the large solitary rugose coral Phaulactis angusta.