Early Silurian (Late Llandovery) rugose corals from western North Greenland

Authors

  • R.A McLean

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34194/bullggu.v121.6663

Abstract

Seventeen species of rugose corals are described from strata of Late Llandovery age in western North Greenland. Grewingkia cuneata sp. nov., Strombodes infractus sp. nov., Amplexoides poulseni sp. nov., Palaeophyllum schuchertense sp. nov. and P. cf. hubeiense Ke & Yü 1974 are recorded from the early Late Llandovery Cape Schuchert Formation. The following species are described from the late Late Llandovery Offley Island Formation: Crassilasma offleyense? (Etheridge, 1878), Pseudophaulactis plectilis sp. nov., Kenophyllum? congestum sp. nov., Craterophyllum vatium sp. nov., C. exporrectum sp. nov., C. prolatum sp. nov., Ptychophyllum tysonense sp. nov., Ptychophyllum sp. A., Ptychophyllum sp. B., Kodonophyllum? pusillum sp. nov., Amplexoides poulseni sp. nov., Cystilasma? rarum sp. nov., and Hedstroemophyllum rhaphis sp. nov.

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Published

1977-01-01

How to Cite

McLean, R. (1977). Early Silurian (Late Llandovery) rugose corals from western North Greenland. Bulletin Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 121, 1–46. https://doi.org/10.34194/bullggu.v121.6663

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Vol. 121 (1977): Early Silurian (Late Llandovery) rugose corals from western North Greenland

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Monograph

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