Abstract
Pleistocene erratic boulders in northern Germany and Denmark yield upper Lower Cambrian ellipsocephaloid trilobites described asEpichalnipsus anartanus n. gen., n. sp. andBerabichia erratica n. sp. They are supposedly derived from an unidentified late Early Cambrian unit from central Sweden and most probably come from an otherwise poorly fossiliferous stratigraphie interval of theHolmia kjerulfi Zone. Although both species are new, their systematic affinities permit a refined intercontinental correlation between Baltica and western Gondwana.
Kurzfassung
Pleistozäne Geschiebe aus Norddeutschland und Dänemark enthalten ellipsocephaloide Trilobiten aus dem späten Unterkambrium, die alsEpichalnipsus anartanus n, gen., n. sp. undBerabichia erratica n. sp. beschrieben werden. Sie stammen offenkundig aus einer nicht identifizierten stratigraphischen Einheit Mittel-Schwedens. Es ist zu vermuten, dass sie ursprünglich einem sonst fossilarmen stratigraphischen Intervall derHolmia-kjerulfi-Zone entstammen. Obwohl beide Arten neu sind, erlauben ihre systematischen Beziehungen eine verfeinerte interkontinentale Korrelation zwischen Baltica und West-Gondwana.
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Geyer, G., Popp, A., Weidner, T. et al. New Lower Cambrian trilobites from Pleistocene erratic boulders of northern Germany and Denmark and their bearing on the intercontinental correlation. Paläont. Z. 78, 127–136 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03009134
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Keywords
- Trilobites
- Lower Cambrian
- Baltica
- Gondwana
- biostratigraphy
- erratic boulders
- Pleistocene
- Germany
- Denmark
- Sweden