Open AccessNotes on Lower Palaeozoic flysch trace fossils from Hall Land and Peary Land, North Greenland
Author(s) -
Ron K. Pickerill,
John M. Hurst,
Finn Surlyk
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v108.7780
Subject(s) - flysch , trace fossil , paleozoic , geology , ordovician , paleontology , turbidite , ecological succession , range (aeronautics) , tectonics , sedimentary rock , ecology , biology , materials science , composite material
Seven ichnospecies are recorded from the Cambrian to Silurian turbidite succession of North Greenland.Two specimens are of particular importance as they provide new data on the palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic range of their contained traces. Protopaleodictyon sp. is recorded for the first time from the Cambrian. The occurrence ofRhizocorallium sp. in deep basinal turbidites extends its occurrence in such environments back to the Ordovician and emphasises that caution must be exercised when utilizing the trace as an environmental indicator.