Peary Land, Odins Fjord Fm, sam. 228962: Aeronian, Greenland
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 82.5° North, 28.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.0° North, 83.0° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| Stage: | Aeronian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Aeronian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 440.5 - 438.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Odins Fjord | Member: | Melville Land | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Llandovery |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182428 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-10-28 08:48:49 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-10-28 08:48:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58909. | H. A. Armstrong. 1990. Conodonts from the Upper Ordovician–lower Silurian carbonate platform of North Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 159:1-151 [E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska] |