Shackleton Limestone; BC-BD collections (Cambrian of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (85.0° S, 163.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° S, 154.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shackleton Formation, Toyonian (512.9 - 510.2 Ma)
• These samples are Toyonian - Original age call: Waucoban
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone
Primary reference: A.R. Palmer and A.J. Rowell. 1995. Early Cambrian trilobites from the Shackleton Limestone of the Central Mountains. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 69(6):1-28 [S. Peters/S. Peters/S. Peters]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 56050: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 10.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Trilobita | |
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? Solontzella sp. Repina 1959 trilobite | |
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? Lemdadella sp. Sdzuy 1978 trilobite | |
? Onchocephalina spinosa n. sp.
? Onchocephalina spinosa n. sp. trilobite | |