Pal-2/2001 (Loc. 4), NE Stratumbjerg, Albrechts Bugt Member (Cretaceous of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.5° N, 20.1° W: paleocoordinates 58.7° N, 12.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Albrechts Bugt Member (Palnatokes Bjerg Formation), Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• Albrechts Bugt Member is 18 m thick, the upper 5 m are transitional towards the overlying Rodryggen Member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous mudstone and lithified, silty mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Alsen and J. Mutterlose. 2009. The Early Cretaceous of north-east Greenland: a crossroads of belemnite migration. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 280:168-182 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97567: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes ex gr. nathorsti belemnite
Hibolithes ex gr. nathorsti-caroli
 Belemnitida - Duvaliidae
Pseudobelus bipartitus Blainville 1827 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805