Topiggane Loc, Tokammane Samples (Cambrian of Norway)

Where: Svalbard Archipelago, Norway (78.8° N, 17.9° E: paleocoordinates 78.8° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tokammane Formation, Early/Lower Cambrian (541.0 - 513.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified shale

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: A. H. Knoll and K. Swett. 1987. Micropaleontology across the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Spitsbergen. Journal of Paleontology 61(5):898-926 [P. Cohen/P. Cohen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148618: authorized by Phoebe Cohen, entered by Phoebe Cohen on 23.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Life -
Leiosphaeridia sp. Eisenack 1958
Granomarginata prima Naumova 1961 acritarchs
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs
Micrhystridium lanatum Volkova 1969 acritarchs
Micrhystridium dissimilare Volkova 1969 acritarchs
Micrhystridium tornatum Yin and Li 1978 acritarchs
Pterospermella
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Prasinophytae
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