unit 1D, middle part: Telychian, Greenland
collected by J.H. Allart, P.R. Dawes 1965-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Styginidae
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Opoa adamsi
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Lane 1984 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 81.8° North, 61.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.5° North, 27.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| Stage: | Telychian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Telychian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 438.50000 - 433.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Samuelsen Høj |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: pale weathering, massive grey to brownish grey, variously mottled and veined limestones | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J.H. Allart, P.R. Dawes | Collection dates: | 1965-66 |
| Taxonomic list comments:smooth ostracods | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | GGU 82487-91; Locality 1 of Lane 1984 | ||
| Database number: | 188492 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-09-05 17:49:28 | Last modified: | 2021-05-06 23:59:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-09-05 17:49:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63227. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 63226 | 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] |