Varde Kloft 342m: Pliensbachian, Greenland
collected by A. Rosenkrantz , 1926
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiola sp.
Lamarck 1801
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corrected as Modiolus | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Liostrea cf. erina
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia literata
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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Pleuromya aff. elongata
(Schlotheim 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Ceratomyidae
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Gresslya rotundata
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greenland |
Coordinates: | 70.7° North, 22.7° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 52.3° North, 5.7° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
Key time interval: | Pliensbachian | ||
Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | coarse,white,yellow lithified calcareous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: coarse, yellowish to whitish, calcaerous arkose-sandstones often containing big quartz grains. Looser beds alternate with hard, projecting beds | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | A. Rosenkrantz | Collection dates: | August 29th and September 2nd, 1926 |
Collection method comments: Repository: (presumed) University of Coppenhagen
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Metadata
Database number: | 162061 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2014-09-18 23:19:54 | Last modified: | 2014-09-18 23:19:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-09-18 23:19:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
52706. | A. Rosenkrantz. 1934. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part 1. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(1):4-122 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic] |