Milne Land M8/8aa (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 8/8aa bed

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; glauconitic claystone

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 1237: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
subgenus Cycloserpula
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon keyserlingii d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte cf. veneris clam
originally entered as "Astarte cf. veneris"