Where: Peary Land, Greenland (81.6° N, 42.9° W: paleocoordinates 22.3° S, 49.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Elliptocephala asaphoides trilobite zone, Aftenstjernesø Formation (Brønlund Fjord Group), Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
• Base of Formation. At this point, the Aftenstjernesø has pinched out and is very thin, with the Henson Gletscher just above it. Overlies the Buen formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, phosphatic dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: MGUH
Primary reference: J. S. Peel. 2020. The oldest palaeoloricate mollusc (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4; North Greenland) and its bearing on aculiferan evolution. Bulletin of Geosciences 95(2):127-144 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 210618: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.06.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Coeloscleritophora | |
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Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Archiasterella cf. pentactina Sdzuy 1969 | |
| Coleolidae | |
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Cassitella baculata Malinky and Skovsted 2004 | |
| Hexactinellida | |
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Hexactinellida "slender hexactine" Schmidt 1870 glass sponge | |
| Heteractinida | |
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Eiffelia sp. Walcott 1920 | |
| Scyphozoa | |
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? Olivooides sp. Qian 1977 jellyfish | |
| Conodonta | |
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? Hertzina sp. conodont | |
| unclassified | |
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Echinodermata "thecal plates" Klein 1754 | |
| Edrioasteroidea | |
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Edrioasteroidea "thecal plates" Billings 1858
Edrioasteroidea "ambulacral plates" Billings 1858 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam | |
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Hippopharangites groenlandicus Peel 2021 | |
| Aculifera | |
Inughuitoconus borealis n. gen. n. sp.
Inughuitoconus borealis n. gen. n. sp. Peel 2021 | |
? Ocruranus sp., ? Ocruranus kangerluk n. sp.
? Ocruranus sp. Liu 1979
? Ocruranus kangerluk n. sp. Peel 2021 | |
| Helcionelloida | |
Davidonia taconica, "Davidonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum, ? Anabarella navaranae n. sp., Capitoconus artus
Davidonia taconica Landing and Bartowski 1996
"Davidonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
? Anabarella navaranae n. sp. Peel 2021
Capitoconus artus Skovsted 2004 | |
? Stenotheca higginsi n. sp.
? Stenotheca higginsi n. sp. Peel 2021 | |
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Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895 | |
| Polyplacophora | |
Qaleruaqia sodermanorum n. gen. n. sp.
Qaleruaqia sodermanorum n. gen. n. sp. Peel 2020 chiton | |
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Neogloborilus sp. Qian and Zhang 1983 | |
| Hyolitha | |
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Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
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? Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972 | |
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Orthothecida "Operculum sp. 1" Marek 1966
Orthothecida "Operculum sp. 2" Marek 1966 | |
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Triplicatella sinuosa Skovsted et al. 2004
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990 | |
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? Conotheca "sp. 1" Rozanov et al. 1969
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
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Allathecidae "sp. 1" Rozanov et al. 1969
Allathecidae "sp. 2" Rozanov et al. 1969 | |
| Obolellata | |
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Obolella crassa Hall 1847 | |
| Lingulata | |
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Eoobolus priscus Poulsen 1932 | |
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Botsfordia sp. Matthew 1891 | |
| Artiopoda | |
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Serrodiscus sp. Richter and Richter 1941 | |
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Ekwipagetia sp. Fritz 1973 | |
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? Pagetides sp. Rasetti 1945 | |