340103. Sirius Passet: Atdabanian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Heliosphaeridium dissimilare
Babcock and Peel 2007
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Budd and Peel 1998
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Choiidae
Choia hindei (Dawson 1896)
Budd 1999
unclassified
Kiisortoqia soperi n. gen., n. sp.
Park et al. 2024
Siricaris n. gen. sp.
Park et al. 2024
Apparently not yet formally named in a publication as of early 2024
Skiagia ciliosa
Babcock and Peel 2007
Aculifera - Halkieriidae
Halkieria evangelista Conway Morris and Peel 1995
Conway Morris and Peel 1995 68 specimens
Polychaeta - Phragmochaetidae
Phragmochaeta canicularis Conway Morris and Peel 2008
40 specimens
unclassified
Timorebestia koprii n. gen., n. sp. Park et al. 2024
Park et al. 2024 13 specimens
Dinocaridida
Pambdelurion whittingtoni n. gen., n. sp. Budd 1997
Budd 1997
unclassified
Pauloterminus spinodorsalis n. gen., n. sp. Taylor 2002
Taylor 2002 66 specimens
Radiodonta
Kerygmachela kierkegaardi n. gen., n. sp. Budd 1993
Budd 1999
unclassified
Hadranax augustus Budd and Peel 1998
Budd and Peel 1998 3 specimens
Isoxyida - Isoxyidae
Isoxys volucris n. sp. Williams et al. 1996
Williams et al. 1996 270 specimens
originally entered as "Isoxys volueris"
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Nevadiidae
Buenellus higginsi Blaker 1988
Babcock and Peel 2007 500 specimens
500+
Nektaspidida
Buenaspis forteyi Budd 1999
Budd 1999 200 specimens
unclassified
Kleptothule rasmusseni n. gen., n. sp. Budd 1995
Budd 1995 60 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland State/province:Peary Land
Coordinates: 82.8° North, 42.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.6° North, 89.3° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Series 2
Stage: Stage 3 10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 2
Key time interval: Atdabanian Trilobite zone:  Nevadella
Age range of interval: 521 - 515.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Buen Member:Lower
Stratigraphy comments: Trilobite zone is based on the presence of Buenellus higginsi.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression,soft parts,recrystallized
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Almost 6000 fossiliferous slabs were selected during visits between 1985 and 2006.
Metadata
Also known as:Sirius Passet Lagerstätte
Database number:90574
Authorizer:A. Lin, P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner Enterer:A. Lin, P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-08-07 13:08:57 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-08-07 13:08:57
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
30474. S. Conway Morris and J. S. Peel. 2008. The earliest annelids: Lower Cambrian polychaetes from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, Peary Land, North Greenland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53:137-148 [A. Lin/A. Lin]

Secondary references:

30475 L. E. Babcock and J. S. Peel. 2007. Palaeobiology, taphonomy and stratigraphic significance of the trilobite Buenellus from the Sirius Passet Biota, Cambrian of North Greenland. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 34:401-418 [A. Lin/A. Lin]
30484 G. E. Budd. 1995. Kleptothule rasmusseni gen et sp nov an olenellinid-like trilobite from the Sirius Passet fauna (Buen Formation, Lower Cambrian, North Greenland). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 86:1-12 [A. Lin/A. Lin]
88366 G. E. Budd. 1997. Stem group arthropods from the Lower Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of North Greenland. In R. A. Fortey, R. H. Thomas (eds.), Arthropod Relationships 55:125-138 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
30477 G. E. Budd. 1999. A nektaspid arthropod from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet Fauna, with a description of retrodeformation based on functional morphology. Palaeontology 42:99-122 [A. Lin/A. Lin]
30480 G. E. Budd. 1999. The morphology and phylogenetic significance of Kerygmachela kierkegaardi Budd (Buen Formation, Lower Cambrian, N Greenland). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 89:249-290 [A. Lin/A. Lin]
546 G. E. Budd and J. S. Peel. 1998. A new xenusiid lobopod from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of North Greenland. Palaeontology 41(6):1201-1213 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]
30476 S. Conway Morris and J. S. Peel. 1995. Articulated halkieriids from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland and their role in early protostome evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 347:305-358 [A. Lin/A. Lin]
87085 T.-Y. Park, M.L. Nielsen, M.V. Sørensen, M. Lee, J.-H. Kihm, I. Ahn, C. Park, G. Vivo, M. P. Smith, D. A. T. Harper, A. T. Nielsen and J. Vinthe. 2024. A giant stem-group chaetognath. Science Advances 10(1):eadi6678 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]
30473 R. S. Taylor. 2002. A new bivalved arthropod from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna, North Greenland. Palaeontology 45:97-123 [A. Lin/A. Lin]
845 M. Williams, D. J. Siveter, and J. S. Peel. 1996. Isoxys (arthropoda) from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstaette, North Greenland. Journal of Paleontology 70(6):947-954 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]