Milne Land M20/9 (Jurassic of Greenland)

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

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• M20/9 bed

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 1204: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 27.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified
unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnites
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
Brachytrema sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
Astarte aff. veneris clam
originally entered as "Astarte aff. veneris"
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae