Cape Stosch, West of River 7 (Triassic of Greenland)

Also known as Kap Stosch

Where: Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland (74.0° N, 21.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 12.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wordy Creek Formation, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• From Fish-zone V (Proptychites rosenkrantzi-zone). Earliest Triassic (Induan) in age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• Nearshore marine environment

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nielsen in 1932-1933

Collection methods: mechanical,

• MGUH: Museum Geologicum Universitatis Hafniensis, Copenhagen

Primary reference: E. Nielsen. 1954. Tupilakosaurus helimani n. g. et n. sp. An interesting batrachomorph from the Triassic of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland udgivne ap Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersøgelser i Grønland 72(8):1-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143882: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 26.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae
Tupilakosaurus heilmani n. gen. n. sp.
Tupilakosaurus heilmani n. gen. n. sp. Nielsen 1954 tetrapod
Specimen A, holotype (MGUH VP3328) and Specimen B (MGUH VP3329)