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During the
Cambrian, Greenland was located in the southern tropical to temperate region. The Buen Formation forms part of the southern shelf succession of the Franklinian Basin of North Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Islands. The formation, approximately 325 metres (1,066 ft) thick, consists
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A. C. Daley and J. S. Peel. 2010. A Possible
Anomalocaridid from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):352-355
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G. E. Budd and J. S. Peel. 1998. A new xenusiid lobopod from the Early
Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of North Greenland. Palaeontology 41(6):1201-1213
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of a lower, sand−dominated, member overlain by an upper member dominated by dark grey−green mudstones and siltstones in its type area in southern
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S. Conway Morris and J. S. Peel. 1990. Articulated halkieriids from the Lower
Cambrian of north Greenland. Nature 345(28):802-805
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J. K. Rigby. 1986. Cambrian and
Silurian sponges from North Greenland. Rapport Groenlands Geologiske Undersoegelse 132:51-63
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1154:(arthropoda) from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstaette, North Greenland. Journal of Paleontology 70(6):947-954
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Geologic map of Sirius Passet with the Buen
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Material was copied from this source, which is available under a
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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
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The oldest
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Fossils from the Buen
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Cambrian paleogeography with the Buen Formation in orange
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland
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1165:Categories
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888:References
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566:Arthropods
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