Cape Stosch on Hold-with-Hope (Triassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.2° N, 22.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 12.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• the Otoceras-Ophiceras beds

• 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: E. Stensiö. 1932. Triassic Fishes from East Greenland collected by the Danish expeditions in 1929-1931. Meddelelser om Grønland 83(3):1-305 [M. Clapham/P. Elliott/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120896: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Phillip Elliott on 23.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Platysiagidae
Helmolepis gracilis n. sp. Stensiö 1932
holotype, MGHVP 562-564
 Perleidiformes - Perleididae
"Perleidus stoschiensis n. sp." = Teffichthys stoschiensis
"Perleidus stoschiensis n. sp." = Teffichthys stoschiensis Stensiö 1932
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Bobasatraniidae
Bobasatrania gronlandica n. sp. Stensiö 1932
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
"Glaucolepis arctica n. sp." = Pteronisculus arcticus
"Glaucolepis arctica n. sp." = Pteronisculus arcticus Schultze et al. 2021
17-18, 32
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
"Birgeria gronlandica n. sp." = Birgeria groenlandica
"Birgeria gronlandica n. sp." = Birgeria groenlandica Stensiö 1932
Coelacanthimorpha
  - Laugiidae
Laugia indet. Stensiö 1932 lobe-finned fish
Laugia gronlandica n. sp. Stensiö 1932 lobe-finned fish
Osteichthyes
 Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae
Ospia whitei n. sp. Stensiö 1932 ray-finned fish
Broughia perleidoides n. sp. Stensiö 1932 ray-finned fish
 Pholidopleuriformes - Pholidopleuridae
Australosomus kochi n. sp. Stensiö 1932 ray-finned fish