GGU 315045. Navarana Fjord, Lauge Koch Land (Cambrian of Greenland)

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

• 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

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Coleolidae
  - Coleolidae
Cassitella baculata
Cassitella baculata Malinky and Skovsted 2004
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Archiasterella cf. pentactina, Chancelloria sp.
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Hexactinellida
  -
Hexactinellida "slender hexactine"
Hexactinellida "slender hexactine" Schmidt 1870 glass sponge
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia sp.
Eiffelia sp. Walcott 1920
Scyphozoa
 Coronatae -
? Olivooides sp.
? Olivooides sp. Qian 1977 jellyfish
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata "thecal plates"
Edrioasteroidea
  -
Edrioasteroidea "thecal plates", Edrioasteroidea "ambulacral plates"
Conodonta
 Paraconodontida - Furnishinidae
? Hertzina sp.
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Weymouthiidae
Serrodiscus sp.
Serrodiscus sp. Richter and Richter 1941
 Agnostida - Eodiscidae
? Pagetides sp.
? Pagetides sp. Rasetti 1945
 Agnostida - Yukoniidae
Ekwipagetia sp.
Ekwipagetia sp. Fritz 1973
Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata - Mattheviidae
Qaleruaqia sodermanorum n. gen. n. sp.
Qaleruaqia sodermanorum n. gen. n. sp. Peel 2020 chiton
 Sachitida -
Hippopharangites groenlandicus
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
? Ocruranus sp., ? Ocruranus kangerluk n. sp.
? Ocruranus sp. Liu 1979
? Ocruranus kangerluk n. sp. Peel 2021
  -
Inughuitoconus borealis n. gen. n. sp.
Inughuitoconus borealis n. gen. n. sp. Peel 2021
Helcionelloida
  - Helcionellidae
Capitoconus artus, Davidonia rostrata, Davidonia taconica, ? Anabarella navaranae n. sp.
Capitoconus artus Skovsted 2004
Davidonia rostrata Zhou and Xiao 1984
Davidonia taconica Landing and Bartowski 1996
? Anabarella navaranae n. sp. Peel 2021
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella sp.
Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895
  - Stenothecidae
? Stenotheca higginsi n. sp.
? Stenotheca higginsi n. sp. Peel 2021
 Calyptoptomatida -
Neogloborilus sp.
Neogloborilus sp. Qian and Zhang 1983
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida -
Parkula bounites
Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
? Microcornus sp.
? Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
 Orthothecida -
Orthothecida "Operculum sp. 1", Orthothecida "Operculum sp. 2"
 Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella cf. xinjia, Triplicatella sinuosa, Triplicatella disdoma
Triplicatella sinuosa Skovsted et al. 2004
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
? Conotheca "sp. 1", Conotheca australiensis
? Conotheca "sp. 1" Rozanov et al. 1969
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
 Orthothecida - Allathecidae
Allathecidae "sp. 1", Allathecidae "sp. 2"
Allathecidae "sp. 1" Rozanov et al. 1969
Allathecidae "sp. 2" Rozanov et al. 1969
Obolellata
 Obolellida - Obolellidae
Obolella crassa
Obolella crassa Hall 1847
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Eoobolidae
Eoobolus priscus
Eoobolus priscus Poulsen 1932
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
Botsfordia sp.
Botsfordia sp. Matthew 1891