Auvfarssuaq Locality 20-863: Holocene, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Sareptidae
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Portlandia arctica
(Gray 1824)
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C category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Oenopota trevelliana
(Turton 1834)
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R category | ||||||
| synonym of Curtitoma reticulata | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 70.5° North, 54.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 70.5° North, 54.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: marine depots at an altitude of 36m above sea level | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shell-bearing marine deposits | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GCI 74-863 | ||
| Database number: | 75202 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Bulinski |
| Modifier: | K. Bulinski | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-26 10:16:34 | Last modified: | 2007-09-26 13:19:26 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-09-26 10:16:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25361. | O. Bennike, K.B. Hansen, K.L. Knudsen, D.N. Penney, and K.L. Rasmussen. 1994. Quaternary marine stratigraphy and geochronology in central West Greenland. Boreas 23:194-215 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski] |