Milne Land M25/4 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Oxfordian zone, Aldinger Elv Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. 147

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1405: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 10.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
 Pterioida -
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes broenlundi Ravn 1911 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella ovalis Phillips 1829 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon keyserlingii d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus strajeskianus d'Orbigny 1845 mussel
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
Amoeboceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Neritinidae indet." = Neritininae
"Neritinidae indet." = Neritininae Poey 1852 snail
neritinid sp. A
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinites sp. Blumenbach 1804 Sea lily
ossicles