Trilobites and gastropods of carbonate mounds in Valdemar Gluckstadt Land (Silurian of Greenland)

Also known as Reef 3166

Where: Greenland (82.0° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 22.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• Based on graptolites of overlying black shales, fauna is thought to be of crenulata Zone of latest Llandovery.

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; carbonate

• "...complex of carbonate mounds and patch reefs rooted in bedded Silurian limestone and overlain by black graptolitiferous shales of latest Early Silurian age..."

Primary reference: R. Ludvigsen and R. P. Tripp. 1990. Silurian trilobites from the northern Yukon Territory. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum (153)1-59 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23101: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 09.07.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Many taxa not given to genus level.
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unclassified
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Onychochilacea indet.
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
debris
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida -
Pentamerida indet.
Pentamerida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Paragastropoda
 Onychochiloidea -
Onychochiloidea indet.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda sp., Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda sp. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
trochiform pleurotomariaceans
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceratidae indet.
Platyceratidae indet. Hall 1859 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites sp.
Subulites sp. Emmons 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira sp.
Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Megalomphala sp.
Megalomphala sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetidae indet.
Proetidae indet. Salter 1864 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
cf. Ekwanoscutellum sp., Scutelluidae indet., Meroperix sp.
cf. Ekwanoscutellum sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1972 trilobite
Scutelluidae indet. Richter and Richter 1955 trilobite
illaenimorph scutelluids
Meroperix sp. Lane 1972 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp.
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Platylichas sp.
Platylichas sp. Gürich 1901 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Hyrokybe sp.
Hyrokybe sp. Lane 1972 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
? Scotoharpes sp.
? Scotoharpes sp. Lamont 1948 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet.
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge