unite 6D, Kayser Bjerg (Silurian of Greenland)

Also known as GGU 82632-78; primary locality of Lane 1984

Where: Greenland (81.6° N, 58.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 24.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

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

• light weathering, rather massive and thick-bedded limestones, containing both biostromal and biohermal intervals, and near the top, lime mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Allaart, Dawes in 1965-66

Primary reference: P. D. Lane. 1984. Silurian trilobites from Hall Land and Nyeboe Land, western Greenland. Rapport, Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 121:53-75 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188490: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 05.09.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
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Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
"Atrypella phoca" = Atrypoidea
"Atrypella phoca" = Atrypoidea
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyostoma sp.
Platyostoma sp. Conrad 1842 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Poleumita cf. angulatum
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Opsypharus sp., Ligiscus sp., Kosovopeltis allaarti n. sp.
Opsypharus sp. Howells 1982 trilobite
Ligiscus sp. Lane and Owens 1982 trilobite
Kosovopeltis allaarti n. sp. Lane 1984 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus simus n. sp." = Gerastos simus, Proetus sp., Hedstroemia sp.
"Proetus simus n. sp." = Gerastos simus Lane 1984 trilobite
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
Hedstroemia sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1978 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp.
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus (? Fragiscutum) sp.
Encrinurus (? Fragiscutum) sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Contracheirurus errator n. sp., Sphaerexochus dimorphus
Contracheirurus errator n. sp. Lane 1984 trilobite
Sphaerexochus dimorphus Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Scotoharpes sp.
Scotoharpes sp. Lamont 1948 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Nonix sauroter n. sp., ""Ceratarginae" indet." = Trochurinae, Dicranogmus aff. skinneri
Nonix sauroter n. sp. Lane 1984 trilobite
""Ceratarginae" indet." = Trochurinae Phleger 1936 trilobite
Dicranogmus aff. skinneri Perry and Chatterton 1977 trilobite
Syringophyllum
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Syringophyllum sp.
Syringophyllum sp. Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa
 Rugosa - Chonophyllidae
? Ketophyllum sp.
? Ketophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral