Where: Greenland (70.6° N, 53.2° 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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
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 149176: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 30.07.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Mecochirus rostratus Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 decapod |