Early Cambrian brachiopod-dominated shell concentrations from North-East Greenland : Environmental and taphonomic implications

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Harper, David A.T., Stouge, Svend, Christiansen, Jørgen L., Topper, Timothy P., Alwmark, Carl, Richoz, Sylvain, Ahlberg, Per
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Geology; Greenland; The Bastion; East Greenland
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/b0b41299-4636-419c-a55c-43daccfd939e; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103560

The occurrence of a series of thin but persistent early Cambrian (Cambrian Age 4) brachiopod shell concentrations extending along a transect of some 150 km in NE Greenland, indicates the ability of the group to form widespread, skeletal pavements very early in the history of the phylum, its gregario...