Locality 7, Andrée Land: Arenig, Greenland
collected by C. Poulsen and A. Noe-Nygaard
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.
Cuvier 1797
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Helicotomidae
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Strophomenata
- Billingsellida
- Polytoechiidae
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 73.5° North, 24.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.8° North, 67.5° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2-3 |
| Key time interval: | Arenig |
| Age range of interval: | 477.1 - 468 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cape Weber |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,gray lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "...massive-bedded, 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: | 122089 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-12-16 10:05:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-16 10:05:42 |
| 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] |