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

Where: Greenland (74.5° N, 20.1° W: paleocoordinates 58.5° N, 12.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rodryggen Member (Palnatokes Bjerg Formation), Early/Lower Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• Rodryggen Member is 3 m thick.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous 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 97568: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes ex gr. nathorsti belemnite
Hibolithes ex gr. nathorsti-caroli