An enigmatic cap-shaped fossil from the Middle Cambrian of North Greenland

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  • J.S Peel

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https://doi.org/10.34194/bullggu.v169.6729

Abstract

Nyeboeconus robisoni gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Middle Cambrian Henson Gletscher Formation of western North Greenland. Some authors have interpreted similar shelIs as chondrophorine hydrozoans or invertebrate fossils of uncertain systematic position. The coiled, cap-shaped shell and the presence of an internal plate, or pegma, suggest, however, that this new form is the second genus to be described of the Family Enigmaconidae MacKinnon, 1985 (Mollusca, Class Helcionelloida), otherwise known only from rocks of similar age in New Zealand.

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1994-01-01

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Peel, J. (1994). An enigmatic cap-shaped fossil from the Middle Cambrian of North Greenland. Bulletin Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 169, 149–155. https://doi.org/10.34194/bullggu.v169.6729

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Vol. 169 (1994): Palaeontology, stratigraphy and environmental setting of Middle Cambrian outer shelf deposits, North Greenland

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