Ordovician and Silurian faunas from northern Peary Land, North Greenland

Abstract

Fossiliferous samples were collected from the North Greenland fold belt by P. R. Dawes and N. J. Soper during reconnaissance mapping in 1969. In a preliminary report (Dawes & Soper, 1970) an Ordovician age was suggested for graptolite shales at O. B. Bøggild Fjord and Harebugt, the age being based on faunal content, and the association with intraformational limestone breccias bearing a striking resemblance to the Ordovician succession in the western part of the fold belt in Nyeboe Land. A shelly fauna from Frederick E. Hyde Fjord was referred to the Silurian. The fossiliferous samples were presented to the present authors for further study. This report summarises the fauna from Dawes & Soper's (1970) localities F1 to F5.