Milne Land M4/11 (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: Middle Volgian zone, Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (149.2 - 143.1 Ma)

• M 4/11 bed

•see Birkelund, T. 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 1230: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. turret shell
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris clam
maimechaensis
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
 Coleoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Haeckel 1866 belemnite
belemnites
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Leptomaria sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864 snail
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
subgenus Cycloserpula
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
new species
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Glypheidae
"Glyphea rostrata" = Trachysoma rostrata
"Glyphea rostrata" = Trachysoma rostrata Phillips 1829 decapod