Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (48.5° N, 52.9° W: paleocoordinates 73.5° S, 89.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Murphy's Cove Member (Mistaken Point Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Murphy's Cove Mbr of the Mistaken Point Fm, St John's Gp, which overlies the Goodland Point Mbr (Ediacaran; Mistaken Point Fm) and is overlain by the Catalina Mbr (Ediacaran; Fermeuse Fm). THICKNESS: From individual bed within c. 55 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 uppermost part of member, above Loc. 12.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, medium-grained, gray, green sandstone and lithified, tuffaceous mudstone

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 80344: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.04.2008

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