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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Liospira perdepressa n. sp.
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Coelocyclus groenlandicus n. sp.
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Offleya inexpectata n. gen. n. sp.
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Bivalvia | |
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster |