Milne Land M8/8 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• M8/8 bed

•see Birkelund et al. 1984: Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, glauconitic, gray, green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace, original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich and D. K. Pandey. 1999. Genesis and environmental significance of Upper Cretaceous shell concentrations from the Cauvery Basin, southern India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 145(1):119-139(21) [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1197: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 27.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• belemnites counted but not identified
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon keyserlingii d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae