Mount Spann, NE Argentina Range (Cambrian of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (82.0° S, 41.3° W: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 151.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mount Spann Formation, Middle Cambrian (513.0 - 501.0 Ma)

• early Middle Cambrian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Primary reference: A. R. Palmer and C. G. Gatehouse. 1972. Early and Middle Cambrian Trilobites from Antarctica. Contributions to the geology of Antarctica [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154031: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 23.01.2014

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Xystriduridae
Xystridura glacia Palmer and Gatehouse 1972 trilobite
Xystridura multilinia Palmer and Gatehouse 1972 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Goldfieldia ninguis Palmer and Gatehouse 1972 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Pagetia longispina Palmer and Gatehouse 1972