Raeve Kloft, Bed I (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 52.9° N, 10.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cape Stewart Beds Formation, Pliensbachian (192.9 - 184.2 Ma)

• "Charmouthian"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, gray, calcareous sandstone and lithified, fine-grained, micaceous shale

• Alternating strata of a coarse arkose similar to Lakse Elv Block 1 and finer grained, very micaceous shaly beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in September, 1926

• Repository: (presumed) University of Coppenhagen

Primary reference: A. Rosenkrantz. 1934. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part 1. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(1):4-122 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161975: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 16.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Tetrarhynchia sp.
Tetrarhynchia sp. Buckman 1917 rhynchonellid brachiopod
Tetrarhynchia sp. A
Gastropoda
  -
Trochopsis ? sp.
Trochopsis ? sp. Gemmellaro 1878 snail
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Ptychomphalus sp.
Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839 snail
Ptychomphalus n. sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana galathea
Nuculana galathea pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cypriniformis
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea arcuata, Gryphaea cymbium, Liostrea irregularis
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. folium
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium frontale, Entolium callosum
Entolium callosum Lundgren 1895 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp., "Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus, "Velata hartzi n. sp." = Eopecten hartzi, Chlamys substriata, Chlamys cf. textoria
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes n. sp.
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
"Velata hartzi n. sp." = Eopecten hartzi Rosenkrantz 1957 scallop
Chlamys substriata Roemer 1835 scallop
Chlamys substriata rinki
Chlamys cf. textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis minuta
Placunopsis minuta Lundgren 1895 jingle
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula pectinoides, Plicatula sarcinula
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp., "Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
Oxytoma n. sp.
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola laevis" = Modiolus
"Modiola laevis" = Modiolus horsemussel
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia listeri, Cardinia concinna
Cardinia listeri Sowerby 1817 clam
Cardinia concinna Sowerby 1819 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aff. liasina
Venericardia aff. liasina clam
Venericardia? aff. liasina
 Carditida - Hippopodiidae
Hippopodium ponderosum
Hippopodium ponderosum Sowerby 1819 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya petricosa
Ceratomya petricosa Simpson 1855 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium phillipianum
Cardium phillipianum cockle
Cardium (Jurassicardium?) phillipianum
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp., Tancredia " B"
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
Tancredia n. sp. A
Tancredia " B" Lycett 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia sp.
Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854 clam
Quenstedtia? n. sp.
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha decorata
Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya ambigua
Pholadomya ambigua Sowerby 1819 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia lingonensis" = Liotrigonia lingonensis
"Trigonia lingonensis" = Liotrigonia lingonensis Dumortier 1869 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium parvulum
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Uptonia jamesoni
Uptonia jamesoni Sowerby 1827 ammonite