Where: Elsemere Island, Antarctica (79.5° S, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 79.5° S, 85.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aphelaspis trilobite zone, Minaret Formation (Heritage Group), Dresbachian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: G. F. Webers, J. Pojeta, and E.L. Yochelson. 1992. Cambrian Mollusca from the Minaret Formation, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica. Geological Society of America Memoir 170:181-248 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99793: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 22.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Paragastropoda | |
? Kobayashiella heritagensis n. sp., Matherella antarctica n. sp., ""Maclurites" thompsoni n. sp." = Scaevogyra thompsoni
? Kobayashiella heritagensis n. sp. Webers et al. 1992
Matherella antarctica n. sp. Webers et al. 1992
""Maclurites" thompsoni n. sp." = Scaevogyra thompsoni Webers et al. 1992 | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Euomphalus splettstoesseri" = Strepsodiscus splettstoesseri
"Euomphalus splettstoesseri" = Strepsodiscus splettstoesseri Webers et al. 1992 snail | |
| Rostroconchia | |
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Ribeiria australiensis Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 | |
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Apoptopegma craddocki Webers et al. 1992
Wanwania "sp. A" Kobayashi 1933 | |
| Tergomya | |
Aremellia batteni n. gen. n. sp.
Aremellia batteni n. gen. n. sp. Webers et al. 1992 | |
Knightoconus antarcticus n. gen. n. sp., Kirengella pyramidalis n. sp.
Knightoconus antarcticus n. gen. n. sp. Yochelson et al. 1973
Kirengella pyramidalis n. sp. Webers et al. 1992 | |
Ellsworthoconus andersoni n. gen. n. sp.
Ellsworthoconus andersoni n. gen. n. sp. Webers et al. 1992 | |
Proplina rutfordi n. sp.
Proplina rutfordi n. sp. Webers et al. 1992 | |
| Proconus incertis | |
Proconus incertis n. sp.
Proconus incertis n. sp. Webers et al. 1992 | |
| Cosminoconella runnegari | |
Cosminoconella runnegari n. gen. n. sp.
Cosminoconella runnegari n. gen. n. sp. Webers et al. 1992 | |