GGU 218882 Peary Land (Cambrian of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (82.3° N, 41.3° W: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 51.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aftenstjernesø Formation (Brønlund Fjord Group), Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• basal member (2 m) of the Aftenstjernesø Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, silty dolomite

• sediment-starved outer ramp setting

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. B. Skovsted and J. S. Peel. 2011. Hyolithellus in life position from the Lower Cambrian of north Greenland. Journal of Paleontology 85(1):37-47 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106057: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872