Milne Land M8/17 (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, Astartedal Member (Kap Leslie Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• M 8/17 bed

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; burrowed sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

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 1239: 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
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma variabilis Sowerby 1824 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844 clam
tiny astartid
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Hartwellia sp. Kitchin 1926 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia cf. mosquensis White 1885 scallop
originally entered as "Buchia cf. mosquensis"
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnites
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
 Ichnofossils -
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833