Where: Greenland (74.0° N, 21.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 12.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wordie Creek Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• 292-300 m height
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Lauge Koch, Noe-Nygaard, Bogvad in 1930-1931
Primary reference: L. F. Spath. 1935. Additions to the Eo-Triassic invertebrate fauna of east Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 98(2):1-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118607: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Vishnuites decipiens" = Wordieoceras wordiei, Ophiceras commune
"Vishnuites decipiens" = Wordieoceras wordiei Spath 1930 ceratite includes var.; may be float from higher
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Bivalvia | |
"Myalina aff. schamarae" = Promyalina schamarae
"Myalina aff. schamarae" = Promyalina schamarae Bittner 1899 clam |