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: 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 160152: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Bembidion spp., "Bembidion (Plataphodes) cf. fellmanni" = Bembidion (Plataphus) fellmanni, Pterostichus (Cryobius) spp., "Pterostichus vermiculosus" = Pterostichus (Lenapterus) vermiculosus, Elaphrus tuberculatus
Bembidion spp. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
"Bembidion (Plataphodes) cf. fellmanni" = Bembidion (Plataphus) fellmanni Mannerheim 1823 ground beetle
Pterostichus (Cryobius) spp. Chaudoir 1838 ground beetle
"Pterostichus vermiculosus" = Pterostichus (Lenapterus) vermiculosus Ménétriés 1851 ground beetle
Elaphrus tuberculatus Maklin 1877 ground beetle | |
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle |