Kangersôq river bed (Cretaceous of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 61.8° N, 17.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collection methods: Repository: Natural History Museum of Denmark (MGUH)

Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins and H. Wienberg Rasmussen. 1992. Upper Cretaceous - Lower Tertiary crustaceans from West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Bulletin 162:1-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149175: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 30.07.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Mecochirus rostratus Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 decapod