Also known as Spaniard's Bay

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (47.6° N, 53.2° W: paleocoordinates 74.2° S, 91.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Avalon other zone, Trepassey Formation (St. John's Group), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• See Ichaso et al. 2007

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, medium, sandy siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• All collected specimens from Spaniard’s Bay are reposited in the types collection of the Newfoundland Museum (‘‘The Rooms’’) in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador under specimen numbers NFM F-754 to F-758.

Primary reference: G. M. Narbonne, M. Laflamme, C. Greentree and P. Trusler. 2009. Reconstructing a lost world: Ediacaran rangeomorphs from Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland. Journal of Paleontology 83(4):503-523 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90710: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 13.08.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

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