Milne Land M13/44 (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Middle Volgian zone, Pernaryggen Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• M13/44 bed

•see Birkelund et al. 1984, Gronlands geol. Unsersog. Bull. 147

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; bioturbated, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich and D. K. Pandey. 1999. Genesis and environmental significance of Upper Cretaceous shell concentrations from the Cauvery Basin, southern India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 145(1):119-139(21) [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1198: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 27.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• ammonites and belemnites counted but not identified
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnites
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolata Sowerby 1821 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon keyserlingii d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte aff. veneris clam
originally entered as "Astarte aff. veneris"
Astarte praeveneris clam
maimechaensis
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
shallow burrowing heterodont
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
subgenus Cycloserpula