Where: Antarctica (71.5° S, 165.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 158.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spurs Formation (Mariner Group), Floran to Floran (504.5 - 500.5 Ma)

• exotic limestone blocks could belong to ?upper Molar Fm and/ or lower Spurs Fm, but the results rather argue for the rocks belonging to the Spurs Fm

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: fossil collection was made during the GANOVEX III Expedition by F. Tessensohn; all specimens are housed in the collection of the BGR (Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources), Hannover and have been given BGR catalogue numbers; fossils are either ammonium chloride or gold coated for photographing.

Primary reference: R. Wolfart. 1994. Middle Cambrian Faunas (Brachiopoda, Mollusca, Trilobita) from Exotic Limestone Blocks, Reilly Ridge, North Victoria Land, Antarctica; their Biostratigraphic and Paleogeographic Significance. Geologisches Jahrbuch B/84:1-161 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69505: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 27.02.2007

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