Abstract
Five species of trilobites are described from near the top of the Odins Fjord Formation in Peary Land: Opoa ostreata sp. nov., Encrinuroides palasso sp. nov. (for comparison with which the type series of Encrinuroides moderatus (Poulsen, 1934) is refigured), Distyrax peeli gen. et sp. nov. (Encrinuridae), Podowrinella christiei sp. nov. and Gaotania anoplos sp. nov. The age of the fauna and links with other faunas are discussed.
Highlights
The age of the faunaThe age of the collection as indicated by the conodonts is unequivocal; it is celloni Zone as demonstrated by the occurrence of the eponymous taxon (Aldridge, 1979, p. 10)
Five species of trilobites are described from near the top of the Odins Fjord Formation in Peary Land: Opoa ostreata sp. nov., Encrinuroides palasso sp. nov. (for comparison with which the type series of Encrinuroides moderatus (Poulsen, 1934) is refigured), Distyrax peeli gen. et sp. nov. (Encrinuridae), Podowrinella christiei sp. nov. and Gaotania anoplos sp. nov
The trilobites in this paper are among the first macrofossils from their collections to be systematically described
Summary
The age of the collection as indicated by the conodonts is unequivocal; it is celloni Zone as demonstrated by the occurrence of the eponymous taxon (Aldridge, 1979, p. 10). This zone lies within the Telychian Stage, the highest of the three stages recognized in the Llandovery Series of the Silurian (Cocks et al, 1984)
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