Where: Greenland (82.3° N, 23.9° W: paleocoordinates 82.2° N, 22.8° 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 160151: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Ilybius sp. Erichson 1832 predaceous diving beetle | |
Carabidae indet., Dyschirius spp., Bembidion spp., "Bembidion cf. sordidum" = Bembidion (Asioperyphus) sordidum, "Bembidion cf. mckinleyi" = Bembidion (Terminophanes) mckinleyi, "Bembidion (Plataphodes) cf. fellmanni" = Bembidion (Plataphus) fellmanni, Pterostichus (Cryobius) spp., Pterostichus (Cryobius) cf. planus, Pterostichus (Cryobius) brevicornis, Amara spp., Notiophilus spp.
Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
Dyschirius spp. Bonelli 1810 ground beetle
Bembidion spp. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
"Bembidion cf. sordidum" = Bembidion (Asioperyphus) sordidum Kirby 1837 ground beetle
"Bembidion cf. mckinleyi" = Bembidion (Terminophanes) mckinleyi Fall 1926 ground beetle
"Bembidion (Plataphodes) cf. fellmanni" = Bembidion (Plataphus) fellmanni Mannerheim 1823 ground beetle
Pterostichus (Cryobius) spp. Chaudoir 1838 ground beetle
Pterostichus (Cryobius) cf. planus Sahlberg 1887 ground beetle
Pterostichus (Cryobius) brevicornis Kirby 1837 ground beetle
Amara spp. Bonelli 1810 ground beetle
Notiophilus spp. Duméril 1805 ground beetle | |
Stenus spp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Pycnoglypta cf. lurida Gyllenhal 1813 winter rove beetle
Bledius spp. Leach 1819 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle | |
"Aegialia terminalis" = Aegialia (Psammoporus) terminalis
"Aegialia terminalis" = Aegialia (Psammoporus) terminalis Brown 1931 scarab beetle | |
Chrysomelidae indet. Latreille 1802 leaf beetle | |
Simplocaria cf. elongata Sahlberg 1903 pill beetle |