MP SH surface SW block (Ediacaran of Canada)

Also known as Shingle Head

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (46.6° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 74.4° S, 95.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Avalon other zone, Trepassey Formation (St John's Group), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, graded, fine-grained, tuffaceous siltstone

• See WOOD, D. A., R. W. DALRYMPLE, G. M. NARBONNE, J. G. GEHLING, AND M. E. CLAPHAM. 2003. Paleoenvironmental analysis of the late Neoproterozoic Mistaken Point and Trepassey formations, southeastern Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 40:1375–1391.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S. A. F. Darroch, E. A. Sperling, T. H. Boag, R. A. Racicot, S. J. Mason, A. S. Morgan, S. Tweedt, P. Myrow, D. T. Johnston, D. H. Erwin, and M. Laflamme. 2015. Biotic replacement and mass extinction of the Ediacara biota. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 282(1814):20151003 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191946: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.02.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aspidella
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Aspidella sp.
Aspidella sp. Billings 1872
 Rangeomorpha -
Beothukis sp., Bradgatia linfordensis, Pectinifrons abyssalis
Beothukis sp. Brasier and Antcliffe 2009
Bradgatia linfordensis Boynton and Ford 1995
Pectinifrons abyssalis Bamforth et al. 2008 Pectinate