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)
• 465 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 118665: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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"Myalina" sp. de Koninck 1842 clam | |
| Cephalopoda | |
Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) ultimum, Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) kilenense, "Vishnuites cf. decipiens" = Wordieoceras wordiei
Ophiceras transitorium Spath 1930 ceratite
Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) ultimum Spath 1935 ceratite
Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) kilenense Spath 1935 ceratite
"Vishnuites cf. decipiens" = Wordieoceras wordiei Spath 1930 ceratite | |