Milne Land M13/41 (sample #514) (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 13/41 bed

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; burrowed, concretionary, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace, concretion

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• sample from glauconitic concretions

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 1272: 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
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinites sp. Blumenbach 1804 Sea lily
ossicles
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
(Tetraserpula)
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
(Cycloserpula)
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
ammonites
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
belemnites
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Bullinidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
"burrowing bivalve"
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
Buchia ? rugosa Fischer 1837 scallop
originally entered as "Buchia ? rugosa"
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris clam
praeveneris
Astarte aff. veneris clam
originally entered as "Astarte aff. veneris"
 Ichnofossils -
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833