GGU 314814 - Albert Heim Bjerge: Dyeran, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mobergellidae
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Discinella micans
(Billings 1871)
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recombined as Hyolithellus micans | ||||||||||
Coeloscleritophora
- Chancelloriida
- Chancelloriidae
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Chancelloriidae indet.
Walcott 1920
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Bradoriida
- Indianidae
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Indiana secunda
(Matthew 1895)
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Mickwitziidae
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Mickwitzia cf. occidens
Walcott 1908
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Hyolithida
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Hyolithida indet.
Mathew 1962
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Orthothecida
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Orthothecida indet.
Marek 1966
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Cupitheca sp.
(Duan 1984)
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unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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Hyolithelminthida
- Hyolithellidae
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Hyolithellus micans
(Billings 1871)
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Hyolithelminthida
- Torellellidae
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Torellella laevigata
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[entered as Torrelella laevigata] | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greenland |
Coordinates: | 74.1° North, 23.0° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 30.8° South, 48.9° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cambrian |
10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 | ||
Key time interval: | Dyeran | ||
Age range of interval: | 516.00000 - 513.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Ella Island | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Ella Island Fm, which overlies the Bastion Fm and in turn the Kløftelv Fm (lower Cambrian) and is overlain by the Hyolithus Creek Fm (lower-middle Cambrian) and Dolomite Point Fm (middle Cambrian). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the basal part of the Ella Island Fm (see fig. 1), immediately above GGU 314811-13. AGE: Well constrained to the late Early Cambrian (Dyeran Age or Bonnia-Olenellus Chron; see Palmer 1998) by the presence of Olenellid trilobites (Poulson 1932, Cowie and Adams 1957) and baltisphaerid acritarchs (Vidal 1979). THICKNESS: Thickness of strata collection is derived from must be less than 2m, and lies within a 80-100 m thick section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: Limestone, in places oolitic. LITHOLOGY: Lithified, based on figured specimens and facies description. | |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: High energy, shallow-water environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression,original calcite,original phosphate,replaced with phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,acetic,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Collected by S. Peel and M.P. Smith (1988), and earlier collectors. PREPARATION: Rock samples were dissolve in buffered 10 percent acetic acid to retrieve acid-resistent microfossils. The resulting residues were sieved and the heavy mineral fraction separated using sodium polytungstate. REPOSITORY: All specimens are housed in the Geological Museum in Copenhagen (MGUH). | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Brachiopoda. The residues of the acid-digested samples contain a well-preserved and diverse small shelly fauna including helcionellid molluscs, coelosclerites, lapworthellids, and problematic fossils. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with occurrences identified to species resolution where possible and with modern nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 67786 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-12-09 13:48:17 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-12-09 13:48:08 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19364. | C. B. Skovsted. 2006. Small shelly fauna from the upper Lower Cambrian Bastion and Ella Island Formations, North-East Greenland. Journal of Paleontology 80(6):1087-1112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |