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Ella Island Formation

Coordinates: 74°06′N 23°00′W / 74.1°N 23.0°W / 74.1; -23.0
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Ella Island Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian Series 2-Miaolingian (Botomian-Dyeran)
~516–513 Ma
TypeFormation
UnderliesHyolithus Creek & Dolomite Point Formations
OverliesBastion Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherSandstone, shale
Location
Coordinates74°06′N 23°00′W / 74.1°N 23.0°W / 74.1; -23.0
Approximate paleocoordinates30°48′S 48°54′W / 30.8°S 48.9°W / -30.8; -48.9
Country Greenland
Type section
Named forElla Island
Ella Island Formation is located in Greenland
Ella Island Formation
Ella Island Formation (Greenland)

The Ella Island Formation is a geologic formation in Greenland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.[1]

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Further reading

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  • M. Stein and J. S. Peel. 2008. Perissopyge (Trilobita) from the lower Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 4) of North America and Greenland. GFF 130:71-78
  • C. B. Skovsted. 2006. Small shelly fauna from the upper Lower Cambrian Bastion and Ella Island Formations, North-East Greenland. Journal of Paleontology 80(6):1087-1112
  • C. B. Skovsted and L.E. Holmer. 2005. Early Cambrian brachiopods from north-east Greenland. Palaeontology 48(2):325-345
  • C. Skovsted. 2003. Mobergellans (Problematica) from the Cambrian of Greenland, Siberia and Kazakhstan. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(2):429-443