Milne Land M22/18 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Volgian zone, Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, burrowed, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace, original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1409: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 10.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified
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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet.
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnites
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp.
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
 Heterostropha - Bullinidae
Sulcoactaeon peroskianus
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella intermedia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte aff. veneris, Eriphyla saemanni
Astarte aff. veneris clam
originally entered as "Astarte aff. veneris"
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pachymya sinuata
Pachymya sinuata clam
(Arcomya)
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uralensis, Pleuromya triangularis, Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Corbicellopsis sp.
Corbicellopsis sp. Cox 1929 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina birkelundi, Isocyprina cf. cyrcuiformis
Isocyprina cf. cyrcuiformis clam
originally entered as "Isocyprina cf. cyrcuiformis"
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Discomiltha sp.
? Discomiltha sp. Chavan 1952 clam
sp. A - originally entered as "? Discomiltha sp."
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sp.
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes morini, Camptonectes praecinctus
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon volaticum
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolota
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon schourovskii
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
(Tetraserpula)
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
(Cycloserpula)
 Ichnofossils -
Planolites sp., Skolithos sp.
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Skolithos sp. Haldemann 1840