Washington Land, North Greenland - Patzkowsky (Silurian to of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (77.5° N, 66.6° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° N, 31.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cape Schuchert Formation, Rhuddanian to Rhuddanian (443.4 - 438.5 Ma)

• Cape Schuchert formation as defined by Norford, 1972.

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• 5 kg block of white/grey coarsely crystalline biostromal limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. D. Lane. 1979. Llandovery trilobites from Washington Land, North Greenland. Bulletin - Gronlands Geologiske Undersogelse 131:1-9 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12937: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 11.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Trilobites only.
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Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
Platylichas "sp. A", Platylichas "sp. B", Platylichas "sp. C"
Platylichas "sp. A" Gürich 1901 trilobite
Platylichas "sp. B" Gürich 1901 trilobite
Platylichas "sp. C" Gürich 1901 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Tropidocoryphinae "gen. indet."
Tropidocoryphinae "gen. indet." Pribyl 1946 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp., Cyphoproetus externus, ? Cyphoproetus alyo
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Harpidella helenae
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Scotoharpes sp.
Scotoharpes sp. Lamont 1948 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Kosovopeltis sp., ? Scutelluidae indet.
Kosovopeltis sp. Snajdr 1958 trilobite
? Scutelluidae indet. Richter and Richter 1955 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
? Bumastus "sp. A", ? Bumastus "sp. B", Stenopareia somnifer
? Bumastus "sp. A" Murchison 1839 trilobite
? Bumastus "sp. B" Murchison 1839 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Acernaspis sp.
Acernaspis sp. Campbell 1967 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus aff. moderatus, Encrinurus "sp. A", Encrinurus "sp. B", Encrinurus "sp. C", Encrinurus "sp. D", Encrinurus "sp. E", Encrinurus "sp. F", Encrinurus "sp. G"
Encrinurus "sp. A" Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Encrinurus "sp. B" Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Encrinurus "sp. C" Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Encrinurus "sp. D" Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Encrinurus "sp. E" Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Encrinurus "sp. F" Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Encrinurus "sp. G" Emmrich 1844 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Youngia sp., Deiphon cf. dikella, ? Hadromeros sp.
Youngia sp. Lindström 1885 trilobite
? Hadromeros sp. Lane 1971 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp.
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite