Milne Land M1/19 (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)

• M 1/19 bed

•see Birkelund, T. 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 1222: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
individ.
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon volaticum oyster
individ.
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon keyserlingi clam
individuals
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Hartwellia sp. Kitchin 1926 clam
individ.
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
individ.
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Rouillieria michalkowii Fahrenkohl 1856
individ.