Locality 1, Andrée Land: Cassinian, Greenland
collected by C. Poulsen and A. Noe-Nygaard

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 73.5° North, 24.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.3° North, 67.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Early Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 1-2
Key time interval: Cassinian
Age range of interval: 483.4 - 471.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cape Weber
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Was originally Arenig.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive,gray lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: "...massive-bedded, hard, compact, dark grey limestone which weathers reddish and is penetrated by numerous veins of white calcite."
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:C. Poulsen and A. Noe-Nygaard
Metadata
Database number:122083
Authorizer:M. Hopkins Enterer:M. Hopkins
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-16 09:43:47 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-16 09:43:47
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
38869. C. Poulsen. 1937. On the Lower Ordovician faunas of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 119(3):1-72 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]