Mistaken Point LMP (Ediacaran of Canada)

Also known as Lower Mistaken Point

Where: Newfoundland, Canada (46.6° N, 53.2° W: paleocoordinates 74.5° S, 95.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Avalon other zone, Mistaken Point Formation (Conception Group), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, graded, fine-grained, medium, tuffaceous, muddy mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. E. Clapham, G. M. Narbonne, and J. G. Gehling. 2003. Paleoecology of the oldest known animal communities: Ediacaran assemblages at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland. Paleobiology 29(4):527-544 [D. Muscente/D. Muscente]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207807: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.02.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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"Metazoa "Frondose"" = Animalia, "Metazoa "Holdfast stem"" = Animalia, "Metazoa "Ostrich feather"" = Animalia, "Metazoa "Spindle"" = Animalia
"Metazoa "Frondose"" = Animalia Linnaeus 1758
"Metazoa "Holdfast stem"" = Animalia Linnaeus 1758
"Metazoa "Ostrich feather"" = Animalia Linnaeus 1758
"Metazoa "Spindle"" = Animalia Linnaeus 1758
 Rangeomorpha -
Frondophyllas grandis1, Culmofrons plumosa n. gen. n. sp.2
Frondophyllas grandis1 Bamforth and Narbonne 2009
Culmofrons plumosa n. gen. n. sp.2 Laflamme et al. 2012
 Rangeomorpha - Charniidae
Charnia "sp. A"
Charnia "sp. A" Ford 1958
Ivesia
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"Ivesia sp." = Ivesheadia
"Ivesia sp." = Ivesheadia Boynton and Ford 1996
1Bamforth and Narbonne 2009; 2Laflamme et al. 2012