Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (48.5° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 73.7° S, 89.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fermeuse Formation (St John's Group), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fermeuse Fm of the St John's Gp, which overlies the Point Union Mbr (Ediacaran; St John's Gp) and is overlain by the Renews Head Fm (Ediacaran; St John's Gp). THICKNESS: From individual bed within c. 350 m thick regional section of the formation. AGE: Ediacaran on the basis of trace and form fossil biostratigraphy. From unit above horizon dated as 565.3 my by Dunning in Benus (1988). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal part of formation, immediately above Loc. 17 and 18.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, black, gray shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by Hofman et al. in 2004-2006
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: H. Hofmann, O'Brien, and King; 2004, 2006. REPOSITORY: Very litte material collected, mostly photographed in field. Collections reposited in Newfoundland Museum (NFM).
Primary reference: H. J. Hofmann, S. J. O'Brien, and A. F. King. 2008. Ediacaran biota on Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 82(1):1-36 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80325: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.04.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hiemalora stellaris | |
Hiemalora stellaris Fedonkin 1980 | |
Hadrynichorde | |
"Charnia antecedens" = Vinlandia antecedens
"Charnia antecedens" = Vinlandia antecedens Laflamme et al. 2007 | |
Charnia masoni Ford 1958 | |
Bradgatia linfordensis Boynton and Ford 1995 | |
Charniodiscus sp. Ford 1958 | |
Aspidella terranovica | |
Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872 |