Sirius Passet
E413991
Sirius Passet is an exceptionally well-preserved early Cambrian fossil site in northern Greenland that provides key insights into the evolution of early animal life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sirius Passet canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lagerstätte
ⓘ
fossil site ⓘ paleontological site ⓘ |
| accessibility | remote and difficult to access ⓘ |
| administrativeTerritory |
Avannaata municipality
ⓘ
surface form:
Avannaata Municipality
|
| ageCorrelation | contemporaneous with other early Cambrian Lagerstätten ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cambrian explosion ⓘ |
| biogeographicSignificance | documents high-latitude Cambrian fauna ⓘ |
| climate |
Canadian High Arctic
ⓘ
surface form:
High Arctic
|
| comparableTo |
Burgess Shale fossil lagerstätte
ⓘ
surface form:
Burgess Shale
Chengjiang biota ⓘ |
| country |
Denmark
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Denmark
|
| discoveredBy | Greenland Geological Survey expeditions ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1980s ⓘ |
| fossilContent | high diversity of soft-bodied taxa ⓘ |
| fossilOrientation | largely undisturbed bedding-plane assemblages ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | early Cambrian ⓘ |
| geologicalStage |
Buen Formation
ⓘ
Cambrian Period ⓘ
surface form:
Cambrian Series 2
|
| importanceRank | one of the most important early Cambrian fossil sites ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early Cambrian animal fossils
ⓘ
exceptional soft-tissue preservation ⓘ insights into early animal evolution ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greenland
ⓘ
northern Greenland ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Laurentia
ⓘ
surface form:
Laurentia (paleocontinent)
|
| paleoenvironment | slope or outer shelf marine setting ⓘ |
| partOf | Buen Formation fossil assemblage ⓘ |
| preservationMode | carbonaceous compression ⓘ |
| preserves |
arthropods
ⓘ
lobopodians ⓘ problematic fossils of uncertain affinity ⓘ sponges ⓘ worms ⓘ |
| providesEvidenceFor |
early evolution of complex food webs
ⓘ
early radiation of arthropods ⓘ morphological disparity in early Cambrian animals ⓘ |
| researchField |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ |
| researchStatus | subject of ongoing paleontological study ⓘ |
| significance |
documents early diversification of bilaterian animals
ⓘ
helps reconstruct early Cambrian ecosystems ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnit | Buen Formation mudstones ⓘ |
| taphonomy | Konservat-Lagerstätte with soft-bodied preservation ⓘ |
| temporalRange | approximately 518–521 million years ago ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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