Spath Plateau, between River 14 and 16 (Permian of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.0° N, 21.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ravnefjeld Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Posidonomya-schiefer. Fish mostly (entirely?) derive from lower carbonate band.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Lauge Koch in 1930-1934

Primary reference: H. Aldinger. 1937. Permische ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland. Meddelelser om Grønland 102(3):1-392 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121973: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Pygopterus nielseni
Pygopterus nielseni Aldinger 1937
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus sp.
Platysomus sp. Agassiz 1833
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys punctatus
Elonichthys punctatus Aldinger 1937 ray-finned fish
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Plegmolepis kochi n. gen. n. sp.
Plegmolepis kochi n. gen. n. sp. Aldinger 1937 ray-finned fish