East ridge of Walter Martin Bjerg Unit 3: Griesbachian, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Xenodiscidae
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Glyptophiceras aff. pascoei
Spath 1930
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| recombined as Tompophiceras pascoei | ||||||||||
| probably a synonm of Tomphophiceras pascoei | ||||||||||
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Hypophiceras sp.
Trümpy 1969
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Ophiceratidae
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Ophiceras spathi
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Ophiceras commune
(Spath 1930)
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Paravishnuites paradigma
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Bivalvia
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Bakewellia sp.
(King 1848)
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| original and current combination Bakevellia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Claraiidae
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Claraia sp.
Bittner 1901
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 71.0° North, 23.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.1° North, 13.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Griesbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wordie Creek | ||
| Local section: | D | Local bed: | Unit 3 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green silty "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | concretionary,brown,gray "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 7m greenish-grey silty shales, poor in carbonate, with laminated brownish-grey concretions of silty limestone | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48064 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan | Enterer: | A. McGowan |
| Modifier: | A. McGowan | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-11 09:03:20 | Last modified: | 2005-03-11 11:03:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-11 09:03:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12856. | K. Grasmuck and R. Trümpy. 1969. Triassic stratigraphy and general geology of the country around Fleming Fjord. Meddeleser om Grønland 168(2):1-77 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham] |