South -south-west of Cape Stosch 1 (Triassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (73.9° N, 21.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 12.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wordie Creek Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• The ammonoid fauna listed suggests bith Lower and Upper Griesbachian beds were sampled

Environment/lithology: claystone

• clayey horizon with marly concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. F. Spath. 1930. The Eotriassic invertebrate fauna of East Greenland. Meddeleser om Grønland 83(1):1-90 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48113: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 14.03.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tentaculita
 Microconchida -
"Spirorbis valvata" = Microconchus valvatus
"Spirorbis valvata" = Microconchus valvatus Munster 1831
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina groenlandica2 Newell 1955 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia aff. exporrecta" = Bakevellia exporrecta
"Gervilleia aff. exporrecta" = Bakevellia exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster
 Pectinida - Prospondylidae
Enantiostreon sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop
 Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Austrotindaria svalbardensis1 Foster et al. 2017 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Glyptophiceras sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
"Hypophiceras gracile" = Hypophiceras gracile, "Glyptophiceras pseudellipticum" = Hypophiceras gracile, "Ophiceras demissum" = Metophiceras demissum, "Glyptophiceras pascoei" = Tompophiceras pascoei
"Hypophiceras gracile" = Hypophiceras gracile Spath 1930 ceratite
"Glyptophiceras pseudellipticum" = Hypophiceras gracile Spath 1930 ceratite
"Ophiceras demissum" = Metophiceras demissum Oppel 1862 ceratite
probaly a synonm of Hypophiceras
"Glyptophiceras pascoei" = Tompophiceras pascoei Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras commune Spath 1930 ceratite
Ophiceras gibbosum Griesbach 1880 ceratite
"Ophiceras chamunda" = Ophiceras medium Griesbach 1880 ceratite
Ophiceras subsakuntala Spath 1935 ceratite
Discophiceras wordiei Spath 1930 ceratite
"Ophiceras kochi" = Ophiceras (Discophiceras) kochi Spath 1930 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Bellerophon borealis" = Warthia borealis
"Bellerophon borealis" = Warthia borealis Spath 1930 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae