Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.1° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• M 1/4 bed
•see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull.
• 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 1214: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
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Sedentaria | |
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Lingulata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968 | |
Bivalvia | |
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam | |
Hartwellia borealis, Hartwellia sp., "Cyprina birostrata" = Arctica, Isocyprina birkelundi, Isocyprina sp.
Hartwellia borealis clam
Hartwellia sp. Kitchin 1926 clam
"Cyprina birostrata" = Arctica clam
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam | |
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Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle | |
"Myacea indet." = Myoidea
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Pleuromya uralensis clam
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
Pleuromya elongata Schlotheim 1822 clam | |
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam | |
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Pinna lanceolota oyster | |
Isognomon volaticum oyster | |
Liostrea sp., "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
"Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina
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Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop | |
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop | |
Camptonectes praecinctus scallop
Camptonectes morini scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite | |
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite | |
Gastropoda | |
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail | |
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail | |
Sulcoactaeon peroskianus snail |