Ella Island Formation

Geologic formation in Greenland

Ella Island Formation

Stratigraphic range: Cambrian Series 2-Miaolingian (Botomian-Dyeran)
~516–513 Ma

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Type| Formation
Underlies| Hyolithus Creek & Dolomite Point Formations
Overlies| Bastion Formation
Lithology
Primary| Limestone
Other| Sandstone, shale
Location
Coordinates| 74°06′N 23°00′W﻿ / ﻿74.1°N 23.0°W﻿ / 74.1; -23.0
Approximate paleocoordinates| 30°48′S 48°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

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* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland
* Buen Formation

## References

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1. ^ Ella Island Formation at Fossilworks.org

## 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

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