Cassitella Malinky and Skovsted, 2004

Skovsted, Christian B. & Peel, John S., 2007, Small shelly fossils from the argillaceous facies of the Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of western Newfoundland, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 (4), pp. 729-748 : 741

Genus Cassitella Malinky and Skovsted, 2004 Cassitella baculata Malinky and Skovsted, 2004

Fig. 5M, N.

2004 Cassitella baculata sp. nov.; Malinky and Skovsted 2004: 574 ,

fig. 15.

Holotype: MGUH 27130 from the upper Bastion Formation of Albert Heim Bjerge, Hudson Land, North−East Greenland.

Type species: Cassitella baculata Malinky and Skovsted, 2004 .

Material.— NFM− 705, NFM− 706, and 12 additional specimens from sample JSP1982−01.

Discussion.—Cap−shaped, circular shells with an eccentrically placed apex and two thick, widely diverging internal ridges were described from the upper Bastion Formation of North−East Greenland as Cassitella baculata by Malinky and Skovsted (2004). Similar cap−shaped fossils from the Forteau Formation of western Newfoundland are referred to the same species, although most specimens are incompletely preserved.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Lower Cambrian of North−East Greenland and western Newfoundland.