GGU 271799 Peary Land (Cambrian of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (83.1° N, 33.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 49.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buen Formation, Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• dark fossiliferous shale

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 106059: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

 Bradoriida - Cambriidae
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Olenellidae
"Olenellus (Mesolenellus) hyperboreus" = Mesolenellus hyperborea
"Olenellus (Mesolenellus) hyperboreus" = Mesolenellus hyperborea Poulsen 1974 trilobite
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872