Where: Greenland (82.5° N, 24.1° W: paleocoordinates 82.4° N, 23.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kap København Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• Kap København Formation and the Fishcreekian are considered to be correlative and slightly younger than the Cibicides grossa zone (c. 2.5 Ma), approximately c. 2.4 Ma at the Praetiglian/Tiglian bundary. Age estimate based on foraminifer fauna pointing to Plio-Pleistocene age, reversed paleomagnetism in fine-grained part of the sequence supporting correlation with Matuyama Chron and amino acid racemization of bivalve shells.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Primary reference: J. Böcher. 1995. Palaeoentomology of the Kap København Formation, a Plio-Pleistocene sequence in Peary Land, North Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland, Geoscience 33:1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160143: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Chironomini indet., cf. Endochironomus sp., Micropsectra sp., Corynocera ambigua, Orthocladiinae indet., cf. Orthocladius sp.
Chironomini indet. Macquart 1838 non biting midge
cf. Endochironomus sp. Kieffer 1918 non biting midge
Micropsectra sp. Kieffer 1909 non biting midge
Corynocera ambigua Zetterstedt 1837 non biting midge
Orthocladiinae indet. Lenz 1921 non biting midge
cf. Orthocladius sp. van der Wulp 1874 non biting midge | |
Pimplinae indet. Wesmael 1845 ichneumon wasp | |
Hydropsyche nevae Kolenati 1858 net-spinning caddisfly
Arctopsyche ladogensis Kolenati 1859 net-spinning caddisfly | |
cf. Chrysolina spp. Moltschulsky 1860 leaf beetle | |
Curculionidae indet., Cyriophthalmus variegatus, "Lepyrus cf. arcticus" = Lepyrus quadrinotatus, Notaris cf. acridulus, Grypus equiseti
Curculionidae indet. Latreille 1802 snout beetle
Cyriophthalmus variegatus Motschulsky 1846 snout beetle
"Lepyrus cf. arcticus" = Lepyrus quadrinotatus Boheman 1842 snout beetle
Notaris cf. acridulus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Grypus equiseti Fabricius 1775 snout beetle | |
Staphylinidae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle
Olophrum spp. Erichson 1839 rove beetle
Eucnecosum spp. Reitter 1909 rove beetle
Tachinus elongatus Gyllenhal 1810 rove beetle | |
"Aegialia terminalis" = Aegialia (Psammoporus) terminalis
"Aegialia terminalis" = Aegialia (Psammoporus) terminalis Brown 1931 scarab beetle | |
"Helophorus cf. khnzoriani" = Helophorus (Meghelophorus) khnzoriani
"Helophorus cf. khnzoriani" = Helophorus (Meghelophorus) khnzoriani Angus 1970 water scavenger beetle | |
Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle | |
Cicindela cf. hybrida Linnaeus 1758 tiger beetle | |
Hydroporinae indet., Hydroporus spp., Oreodytes alpinus, Agabus spp., "Agabus clavicornis" = Agabus (Agabus) clavicornis, "Agabus ex gr. affinis" = Agabus (Gaurodytes) affinis, Ilybius sp.
Hydroporinae indet. Aubé 1836 predaceous diving beetle
Hydroporus spp. Clairville 1806 predaceous diving beetle
Agabus spp. Leach 1817 predaceous diving beetle
"Agabus clavicornis" = Agabus (Agabus) clavicornis Sharp 1882 predaceous diving beetle Agabus clavicornis/serricornis
"Agabus ex gr. affinis" = Agabus (Gaurodytes) affinis Paykull 1798 predaceous diving beetle
Ilybius sp. Erichson 1832 predaceous diving beetle | |
Nebria cf. rufescens, Amara spp., Amara cf. brunnea, Pterostichus (Cryobius) spp., Elaphrus lapponicus
Nebria cf. rufescens Strøm 1768 ground beetle
Amara spp. Bonelli 1810 ground beetle
Amara cf. brunnea Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
Pterostichus (Cryobius) spp. Chaudoir 1838 ground beetle
Elaphrus lapponicus Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle |