Nelson Head Formation
33 distinct taxa, from 37 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 1200–1000 Mya.
Nunavut · CA
33 taxa · 37 fossils · 1200–1000 MyaFiled under the Shaler Group.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Rae Group, and dates it 1000–539 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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1 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
What has been found
- Leiosphaeridia
- Caelatimurus foveolatus
- Coneosphaera
- Culcitulisphaera revelata
- Gigantosphaeridium fibratum
- Gyalosphaera
- Herisphaera arbovela
- Leiosphaeridia crassa
- Leiosphaeridia jacutica
- Leiosphaeridia minutissima
- Microlepidopalla mira
- Myxococcoides minor
- Navifusa
- Obruchevella
- Oscillatoriopsis
- Oscillatoriopsis obtusa
- Ostiana
- Palaeastrum
- Palaeolyngbya
- Polytrichoides lineatus
- Pterospermopsimorpha
- Satka favosa
- Siphonophycus punctatum
- Siphonophycus robustum
- Siphonophycus septatum
- Siphonophycus solidum
- Siphonophycus typicum
- Squamosphaera colonialica
- Synsphaeridium
- Tortunema
- Trachyhystrichosphaera
- Valeria lophostriata
- Vidalopalla verrucata
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.