West of Lakse Elv, Bed B (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 5.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cape Stewart Beds Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• "Charmouthian"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, coarse-grained, micaceous, calcareous sandstone

• hard bed of coarse, calcaerous arkose-sandstone with big mica flakes and scattered fossils.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in September, 1926

• Repository: (presumed) University of Coppenhagen

Primary reference: A. Rosenkrantz. 1934. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part 1. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(1):4-122 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161964: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 16.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp.
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
Tancredia n. sp. A.
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aff. liasina
Venericardia aff. liasina clam
Venericardia? aff. liasina
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia hybrida
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys substriata
Chlamys substriata Roemer 1835 scallop
Chlamys substriata var. rinki
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Pseudolimea) boonei
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula pectinoides
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cymbium
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819 oyster