Milne Land M11/18b (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 11/18b bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; bioturbated 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 1251: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 28.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

• belemnites counted but not identified
unclassified
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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnite
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
originally entered as "Corbulomina sp."
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
shallow burrowing heterodont
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ichnofossils -
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833