Also known as Watern Cove; WCE
Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (46.6° N, 53.2° W: paleocoordinates 74.5° S, 95.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Avalon other zone, Mistaken Point Formation (Conception Group), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, graded, fine-grained, medium, tuffaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Fossil occurrence within an ecological reserve prohibits collection
Primary reference: M. Laflamme, G. M. Narbonne, and M. M. Anderson. 2004. Morphometric analysis of the Ediacaran frond Charniodiscus from the Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):827-837 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89111: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 05.05.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thectardis avalonensis | |
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Charniodiscus procerus, "Charniodiscus spinosus" = Arborea spinosa
Charniodiscus procerus Laflamme et al. 2004 frond
"Charniodiscus spinosus" = Arborea spinosa Laflamme et al. 2004 Frond | |
Hapsidophyllas flexibilis1 Bamforth and Narbonne 2009 | |
Charnia masoni4 Ford 1958 |