Where: Elsemere Island, Antarctica (79.4° S, 84.8° W: paleocoordinates 79.4° S, 84.8° 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 99795: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 22.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Tergomya | |
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Ellsworthoconus andersoni Webers et al. 1992 | |
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Proplina rutfordi Webers et al. 1992 | |
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Aremellia batteni Webers et al. 1992 | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Euomphalus splettstoesseri n. sp." = Strepsodiscus splettstoesseri
"Euomphalus splettstoesseri n. sp." = Strepsodiscus splettstoesseri Webers et al. 1992 snail | |