The Sirius Passet Fauna, an Early Cambrian Lagerstätte from North Greenland

• Published in: The Paleontological Society Special Publications
• Main Authors: Peel, John S., Conway Morris, Simon, Ineson, Jon R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Greenland; Peary; Burgess; Sirius; Peary Land; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2475262200007930; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S2475262200007930

The Sirius Passet Fauna of North Greenland is one of the oldest Cambrian lagerstätten from the North American continent. It is known from a single locality in Peary Land (83°N, 40°W), on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, where outer shelf mudstones from the lower part of the Buen Formation (Early Camb...