Where: Greenland (82.3° N, 41.3° W: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 51.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aftenstjernesø Formation (Brønlund Fjord Group), Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)
• basal member (2 m) of the Aftenstjernesø Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, silty dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. B. Skovsted and J. S. Peel. 2011. Hyolithellus in life position from the Lower Cambrian of north Greenland. Journal of Paleontology 85(1):37-47 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106057: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872 |