Milne Land M13/43 (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)

• M13/43 bed

•see Birkelund et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; burrowed 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 1199: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 27.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• ammonites counted but not identified
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris clam
maimechaensis
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Hartwellia sp. Kitchin 1926 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pachymya sinuata clam
(Arcomya)
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolata Sowerby 1821 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina
"Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina d'Orbigny 1845 file clam
multicostata
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
subgenus Cycloserpula
 Ichnofossils -
Skolithos sp. Haldemann 1840
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833