Cape Stosch, Stensiö Plateau (Ridge 9), locality 356,355 (Triassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.0° N, 21.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 12.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wordie Creek Formation, Griesbachian (252.2 - 251.3 Ma)

• 163-165 m height (loose)

• 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

Collection methods: surface (float)

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 118711: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Myalina aff. schamarae" = Promyalina schamarae
"Myalina aff. schamarae" = Promyalina schamarae Bittner 1899 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Bellerophon borealis" = Warthia borealis
"Bellerophon borealis" = Warthia borealis Spath 1930 snail