unit 1D, middle part (Silurian of Greenland)

Also known as GGU 82487-91; Locality 1 of Lane 1984

Where: Greenland (81.8° N, 61.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 27.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Samuelsen Høj Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• pale weathering, massive grey to brownish grey, variously mottled and veined limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.H. Allart, P.R. Dawes in 1965-66

Primary reference: P. R. Dawes and J. S. Peel. 1984. Biostratigraphic reconnaissance in the Lower Palaeozoic of western North Greenland. Rapport, Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 121:19-51 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188492: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 05.09.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• smooth ostracods
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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Opoa adamsi
Opoa adamsi trilobite