Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (46.6° N, 53.2° W: paleocoordinates 74.5° S, 95.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Avalon other zone, Mistaken Point Formation (Conception Group), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• The Mistaken Point āDā (MPD) surface (of Landing et al., 1988) is located approximately 77 m below the top of the Mistaken Point Formation (Wood et al., 2003) and is one of the most prominent fossil surfaces on the southern Avalon.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, graded, fine-grained, medium, tuffaceous, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Due to its status as an ecological reserve and a candidate World Heritage site, it is now prohibited by law to collect specimens from Mistaken Point.
Primary reference: E. L. Bamforth, G. M. Narbonne, and M. M. Anderson. 2008. Growth and ecology of a multi-branched Ediacaran rangeomorph from the Mistaken Point Assemblage, Newfoundland. Journal of Paleontology 82(4):763-777 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89116: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 05.05.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Fractofusus misrai4, Bradgatia linfordensis3, Pectinifrons abyssalis, Hapsidophyllas sp.2, Hapsidophyllas flexibilis1
Bradgatia linfordensis3 Boynton and Ford 1995
Pectinifrons abyssalis Bamforth et al. 2008 Pectinate
Hapsidophyllas sp.2 Bamforth and Narbonne 2009
Hapsidophyllas flexibilis1 Bamforth and Narbonne 2009 |