New occurrences of Palaeopascichnus from the Stáhpogieddi Formation, Arctic Norway, and their bearing on the age of the Varanger Ice Age.

Accepted manuscript version. Published version available at https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0035 . Copyright NRC Research Press. We report on new occurrences of the late Ediacaran problematicum Palaeopascichnus (Protista?) from the Stáhpogieddi Formation, Arctic Norway. The stratigraphically lowes...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Jensen, Sören, Högström, Anette, Høyberget, Magne, Meinhold, Guido, McIlroy, Duncan, Ebbestad, Jan Ove R., Taylor, Wendy L., Agic, Heda, Palacios, Teodoro
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: NRC Research Press 2018
Subjects:
VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480
VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480
VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Vegetation history: 495
VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Vegetasjonshistorie: 495
Arctic
Digermulen
Indreelva
Lillevannet
Mortensnes
Norway
Stáhpogieddi
Newfoundland
Varanger
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/14748
https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0035
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Summary:Accepted manuscript version. Published version available at https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0035 . Copyright NRC Research Press. We report on new occurrences of the late Ediacaran problematicum Palaeopascichnus (Protista?) from the Stáhpogieddi Formation, Arctic Norway. The stratigraphically lowest occurrences are in beds transitional between the Lillevannet and Indreelva members: the highest in the second cycle of the Manndrapselva Member, stratigraphically close to the lowest occurrences of Cambrian-type trace fossils. This establishes a long stratigraphical range of Palaeopascichnus on the Digermulen Peninsula, as has been previously documented from Newfoundland, South Australia, and elsewhere in Baltica. The age range of Palaeopascichnus in Avalonia and Baltica is from ∼565 to 541 Ma. Since the transition from the Mortensnes Formation to the Stáhpogieddi Formation is without a major break in sedimentation, this supports the inference that the underlying glacigenic Mortensnes Formation is ca. 580 Ma, and therefore Gaskiers-equivalent, or younger.

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