Milne Land M1/16 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Middle Volgian zone, Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• M1/16 bed

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; burrowed, 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 1202: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 27.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• ammonites counted but not identified
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
 Ichnofossils -
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873