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, Astartedal Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (149.2 - 143.1 Ma)
• M 11/18a 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 1250: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
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Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
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