Where: Greenland (82.3° N, 24.1° W: paleocoordinates 82.3° 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: offshore; 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 160147: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Hydroporus sp. Clairville 1806 predaceous diving beetle | |
Carabidae indet., Pterostichus spp., "Pterostichus vermiculosus" = Pterostichus (Lenapterus) vermiculosus, Pterostichus (Cryobius) spp., Bembidion spp., "Bembidion cf. sordidum" = Bembidion (Asioperyphus) sordidum, Notiophilus spp., Notiophilus aquaticus
Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
Pterostichus spp. Bonelli 1810 ground beetle
"Pterostichus vermiculosus" = Pterostichus (Lenapterus) vermiculosus Ménétriés 1851 ground beetle
Pterostichus (Cryobius) spp. Chaudoir 1838 ground beetle
Bembidion spp. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
"Bembidion cf. sordidum" = Bembidion (Asioperyphus) sordidum Kirby 1837 ground beetle
Notiophilus spp. Duméril 1805 ground beetle
Notiophilus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 ground beetle | |
Hydrothassa cf. hannoveriana Fabricius 1775 leaf beetle
cf. Chrysolina sp. Moltschulsky 1860 leaf beetle | |
Grypus equiseti Fabricius 1775 snout beetle |