Locality 1. Offley Island, off of Washington & Hall lands (Silurian of Greenland)

Where: Washington Land, Greenland (81.3° N, 62.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 28.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Offley Island Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified mudstone

• Not described - only descriptions of other formations to explain how they are different....

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Poulsen. 1974. Silurian Pelecypoda, Monoplacophora and Gastropoda from the reefy facies of the Offley Island Formation of Washington Land and Offley Island (Northwest Greenland). Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biolgiske Skrifter 20(7):1-17 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49827: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira perdepressa n. sp. Poulsen 1974 snail
type locality
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Coelocyclus groenlandicus n. sp. Poulsen 1974 snail
type locality
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Offleya inexpectata n. gen. n. sp.
Offleya inexpectata n. gen. n. sp. Poulsen 1974 snail
type locality
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster