Kronprinsen Ejland Locality 49-871: Holocene, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Oichnus sp.
Bromley 1981
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Echinoidea
- Camarodonta
- Strongylocentrotidae
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Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
(Müller 1776)
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Spirorbis violaceus
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Hemithirididae
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Hemithiris psittachea
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Trophon truncatus
(Ström 1768)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Oenopota trevelliana
(Turton 1834)
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| synonym of Curtitoma reticulata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Alvania mighelsi
Stimpson 1851
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= Onoba sp.
Adams and Adams 1834
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Hendy et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| Alvania mighelsi Stimpson (1851) not available. Could be O. exarata (Stimpson, 1851) or O, tornelli (Stimpson, 1851) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lottiidae
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Acmaea rubella
(Fabricius 1780)
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| recombined as Erginus rubellus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lepetidae
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Lepeta caeca
(Müller 1776)
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa obtusa
(Montagu 1808)
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Margarites vahlii
(Möller 1842)
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Puncturella noachina
(Linnaeus 1771)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Sareptidae
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? Portlandia arctica
(Gray 1824)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma calcarea
(Gmelin 1792)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Macoma (Macoma) calcarea | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya truncata
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Axinopsida orbiculata
(Sars 1878)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys islandica
(Müller 1776)
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| original and current combination Ostrea islandicus | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus balanus
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unclassified
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Caulostrepsis sp.
Clarke 1908
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 69.0° North, 53.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 69.0° North, 53.3° 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: 62m 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 74-871 | ||
| Database number: | 75220 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-26 16:33:02 | Last modified: | 2007-10-01 20:23:01 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2007-09-26 16:33:02 |
| 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] |