Pennsylvanian fusulinids from southeastern Alaska

Abstract

A fusulinid fauna from the Klawak Formation and Ladrones Limestone of Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Al,aska includes eight genera of fusulinids and some sm'aller Foraminifera. The fauna is similar to faunas of Middle Pennsylvanian age described from north-central British Columbia in Canada, and from parts of central Japan. Four of the taxa are new including Pseudostaffella rotunda n. sp., Fusulinella pinguis