Milne Land M3/1 (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, Hennigryggen Member (Hartz Fjeld Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• M 3/1 bed

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; 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 1226: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
large thick shelled bivalves, various genera
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomariida - Pleurotomariidae
Leptomaria sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864 snail