Open AccessA Silurian trilobite fauna dominated by Calymene from Kap Tyson, western North Greenland
Author(s) -
P.D Lane,
Derek J. Siveter
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v150.8135
Subject(s) - trilobite , fauna , taxon , paleontology , geology , geography , ecology , biology
The Silurian trilobites described here are referred to 5 genera and 5 species-level taxa of which Calymene iladon is new. The composition of the fauna is unusual for North Greenland in that it is overwhelmingly dominated by specimens of Calymene. Other elements of the fauna are known from other areas of North Greenland, and at least closely related forms of one of them have cosmopolitan distributions.