Col. 298974, Hand Bugt, Nyeboe Land [Henson Gletscher Fm]: Middle Cambrian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Agnostida
- Eodiscidae
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Eodiscus scanicus
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 80.3° North, 62.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.1° South, 49.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Miaolingian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 3-4 | ||
| *Period: | Middle - Late/Upper Cambrian | *Epoch: | St. David's |
| Key time interval: | Middle Cambrian | Trilobite zone: | Ptychagnostus atavus |
| Age range of interval: | 509 - 497 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Henson Gletscher | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Approximately 121m above the base of section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified wackestone |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,recrystallized |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens were collected by J.S. Peel and M.R. Baker in 1985. Only trilobites are described in taxonomic detail. It is not known if/what other fossils are found in the stata | |
| Taxonomic list comments:List includes only trilobites. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Loc. 1 | ||
| Database number: | 10476 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-05-09 11:20:26 | Last modified: | 2009-06-12 16:46:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-05-09 11:20:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3884. | L. E. Babcock. 1994. Systematics and phylogenetics of polymeroid trilobites from the Henson Gletscher and Kap Stanton formations (Middle Cambrian), North Greenland. Bulletin Gronlands geologicske undersohelse 169:79-129 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow] |