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: Goodland Point Member (Mistaken Point Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Goodland Point Mbr of the Mistaken Point Fm, St John's Gp, which overlies the Shepherd Point Mbr (Ediacaran; Mistaken Point Fm) and is overlain by the Murphy's Cover Mbr (Ediacaran; Mistaken Point Fm). THICKNESS: From individual bed within c. 45 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 middle part of member, bellow Loc. 3.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, silty, cherty/siliceous sandstone and lithified tuff
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 80353: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.04.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
"cf. Charnia antecedens" = Vinlandia antecedens
"cf. Charnia antecedens" = Vinlandia antecedens Laflamme et al. 2007 | |
Ivesheadia lobata | |
Ivesheadia lobata Boynton and Ford 1995 |