Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (46.6° N, 53.2° W: paleocoordinates 74.5° S, 95.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Avalon other zone, Mistaken Point Formation (Conception Group), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• The Mistaken Point āDā (MPD) surface (of Landing et al., 1988) is located approximately 77 m below the top of the Mistaken Point Formation (Wood et al., 2003) and is one of the most prominent fossil surfaces on the southern Avalon.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, graded, fine-grained, medium, tuffaceous, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Due to its status as an ecological reserve and a candidate World Heritage site, it is now prohibited by law to collect specimens from Mistaken Point.
Primary reference: E. L. Bamforth and G. M. Narbonne. 2009. New Ediacaran Rangeomorphs from Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 83(6):897-913 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207808: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.02.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hapsidophyllas flexibilis Bamforth and Narbonne 2009 | |
Hiemalora stellaris | |
Hiemalora stellaris Fedonkin 1980 |