Milne Land M1/4 (Jurassic of Greenland)

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

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• M 1/4 bed

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; burrowed, 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 1214: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
subgenus Cycloserpula
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus elongatus mussel
(Strimodiolus)
Modiolus czekanowskii mussel
(Strimodiolus)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina
"Limatula consobrina" = Lima (Limatula) consobrina d'Orbigny 1845 file clam
multicostata
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon schourovskii clam
(Grammatodon)
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris clam
praeveneris
Eriphyla saemanni clam
(Lyapinella)
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Corbicellopsis cf. lorioli clam
originally entered as "Corbicellopsis cf. lorioli"
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina birkelundi clam
(Venericyprina)
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
Hartwellia sp. Kitchin 1926 clam
"Cyprina birostrata" = Arctica clam
 Pholadida -
"Myacea indet." = Myoidea
"Myacea indet." = Myoidea Lamarck 1809 clam
deep burrowing myacean
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
originally entered as "Corbulomina sp."
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya elongata Schlotheim 1822 clam
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Bullinidae
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish
cyprinid