Spirellus and related helically coiled microfossils (cyanobacteria) from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland

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  • J.S Peel

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https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v137.8009

Abstract

Phosphatised helically coiled microfossils are described from the Portfjeld Formation of Early Cambrian age in southem Peary Land, central North Greenland. SpirelIus Jiang in Luo et al., 1982, originally described from the Meishucunian Stage of China, is recorded from Greenland and interpreted as a filamentous cyanobacterium showing variable degrees of mineralisation of the sheath. Jiangispirellus groenlandicus gen. et sp. nov. is described, based on helically coiled naked trichomes with preserved cell structure. Both genera are compared to Obruchevella Reitlinger, 1948 which is also reported from Greenland for the first time.

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1988-12-31

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Peel, J. (1988). Spirellus and related helically coiled microfossils (cyanobacteria) from the Lower Cambrian of North Greenland. Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 137, 5–32. https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v137.8009

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Vol. 137 (1988): Carnbrian-Jurassic fossils, trace fossils and stratigraphy from Greenland

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