Milne Land M13/8 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.1° N, 13.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lower-Middle Volgian zone, Krebsedal Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (149.2 - 143.1 Ma)

• M13/8 bed

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 1201: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 27.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Bullinidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya cf. pulchra snail
originally entered as "Amberleya cf. pulchra"
Cephalopoda
 Coleoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Haeckel 1866 belemnite
belemnites
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina d'Orbigny 1845 file clam
multicostata
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
shallow burrowing heterodont
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
(Astarte)
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
subgenus Cycloserpula