Locality 2. Kap Morton, uppermost kap of Washinton Land into Kennedy Channel (Silurian of Greenland)

Where: Washington Land, Greenland (81.3° N, 63.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 28.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Offley Island Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified mudstone

• Not described - only descriptions of other formations to explain how they are different....

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Poulsen. 1974. Silurian Pelecypoda, Monoplacophora and Gastropoda from the reefy facies of the Offley Island Formation of Washington Land and Offley Island (Northwest Greenland). Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biolgiske Skrifter 20(7):1-17 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49828: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
? Michelia persimilis n. sp.
? Michelia persimilis n. sp. Poulsen 1974 snail
type locality
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Cyclonema (Cyclonema) boreale n. sp." = Cyclonema boreale, "Platyceras (Platyostoma) cornutum" = Platyostoma cornutum
"Cyclonema (Cyclonema) boreale n. sp." = Cyclonema boreale Poulsen 1974 snail
type locality
"Platyceras (Platyostoma) cornutum" = Platyostoma cornutum Hisinger 1837 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Salpingostoma septentrionale n. sp." = Megalomphala septentrionale
"Salpingostoma septentrionale n. sp." = Megalomphala septentrionale Poulsen 1974 snail
type locality