Cape Stosch, river 14 (Smalleryg) east, locality 397 (Triassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.0° N, 21.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 12.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wordie Creek Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• 411-436 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 118651: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tentaculita
 Microconchida -
""Spirorbis" valvata" = Microconchus valvatus
""Spirorbis" valvata" = Microconchus valvatus Munster 1831
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
"Pseudomonotis (Claraia) stachei" = Claraia stachei
"Pseudomonotis (Claraia) stachei" = Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Glyptophiceras aff. minimum Spath 1935 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
"Glyptophiceras gracile" = Hypophiceras gracile, "Glyptophiceras aff. nielseni" = Hypophiceras gracile, "Glyptophiceras aff. pseudellipticum" = Hypophiceras gracile, "Glyptophiceras cf. extremum" = Tompophiceras extremum, "Glyptophiceras pascoei" = Tompophiceras pascoei
"Glyptophiceras gracile" = Hypophiceras gracile Spath 1930 ceratite
"Glyptophiceras aff. nielseni" = Hypophiceras gracile Spath 1930 ceratite
"Glyptophiceras aff. pseudellipticum" = Hypophiceras gracile Spath 1930 ceratite
"Glyptophiceras cf. extremum" = Tompophiceras extremum Spath 1935 ceratite
"Glyptophiceras pascoei" = Tompophiceras pascoei Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
"Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) commune" = Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) poulseni n. sp., "Ophiceras (Discophiceras) wordiei" = Discophiceras wordiei
"Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) commune" = Ophiceras commune Spath 1930 ceratite
and var. aperta
Ophiceras (Acanthophiceras) poulseni n. sp. Spath 1935 ceratite
"Ophiceras (Discophiceras) wordiei" = Discophiceras wordiei Spath 1930 ceratite