Ella Island Formation

Ella Island Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian Series 2-Miaolingian (Botomian-Dyeran) ~516–513  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Underlies	Hyolithus Creek & Dolomite Point Formations
Overlies	Bastion Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Sandstone, shale
Location
Coordinates	74°06′N23°00′W / 74.1°N 23.0°W / 74.1; -23.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	30°48′S48°54′W / 30.8°S 48.9°W / -30.8; -48.9
Country	Greenland
Type section
Named for	Ella Island
Ella Island Formation (Greenland)

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

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland
• Buen Formation

References

1. Ella Island Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

• 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