Also known as GGU 83408-10; Locality 2 of Lane 1984
Where: Greenland (81.7° N, 57.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 5.1° N, 80.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Llandovery to Llandovery (443.1 - 426.7 Ma)
• Jin et al. (2009) note that Llandovery trilobites from this section come from the Djævlekløften formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black, gray shale and lithified, nodular limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Allaart, 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 188494: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 05.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Artiopoda | |
Opoa adamsi trilobite
Meroperix ataphrus trilobite | |
Chiozoon cf. cowlei trilobite |