Milne Land M8/2 (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 8/2 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

Preservation: trace

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 1240: 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
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Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
crustose bryozoan
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp.
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea latissima
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula zeta
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp., Serpula intestinalis
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
subgenus Dorsoserpula
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
subgenus Cycloserpula
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
 Coleoidea -
Belemnitida indet.
Belemnitida indet. Haeckel 1866 belemnite
belemnites
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp.
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolota
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon volaticum
 Ostreida - Placunopsidae
Placunopsis radiata
Placunopsis radiata Phillips 1829 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes morini, Camptonectes praecinctus
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma incrassatum
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon schourovskii
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Falcimytilus suprajurensis, Modiolus czekanowskii, Modiolus bipartitus
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 horsemussel
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella intermedia
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya triangularis, Pleuromya uralensis, Pleuromya rimata, Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya rimata clam
(Arcomya)
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina carinella, Hartwellia kharoschovensis, Hartwellia "sp. A"
Hartwellia "sp. A" Kitchin 1926 clam
sp. A
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Corbicellopsis cf. lorioli, Tancredia sp.
Corbicellopsis cf. lorioli clam
originally entered as "Corbicellopsis cf. lorioli"
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya literata, Pholadomya hemicardia
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris
Astarte praeveneris clam
praeveneris
 Ichnofossils -
? Thalassinoides sp.
? Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944
originally entered as "?Thalassinoides sp."