Astarte Kloft mouth (bed 5) (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.6° N, 22.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 6.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jamesoni (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Based on Uptoni Jamesoni fragment in Bed 5

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, coarse-grained, calcareous limestone

• Coarse arkose-limestone, very unassorted, E. frontale pavement.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in 28th, 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 162072: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 19.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
"Pentacrinus cf. scalaris" = Chladocrinus scalaris
"Pentacrinus cf. scalaris" = Chladocrinus scalaris Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Grandirhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Uptonia jamesoni Sowerby 1827 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
 Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae
Gastropoda
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola laevis" = Modiolus, "Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum
"Modiola laevis" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys cf. textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Chlamys substriata Roemer 1835 scallop
Chlamys substriata rinki
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
"Velata hartzi" = Eopecten hartzi Rosenkrantz 1957 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima succincta Dumortier 1867 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis minuta Lundgren 1895 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium callosum Lundgren 1895 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819 oyster
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Parallelodon sp. B
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium phillipianum cockle
Cardium (Jurassicardium?) phillipianum
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
Tancredia n. sp. A
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya ambigua Sowerby 1819 clam
 Carditida - Hippopodiidae
Hippopodium ponderosum Sowerby 1819 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aff. liasina clam
Venericardia? aff. liasina
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia listeri Sowerby 1817 clam
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam
Cardinia concinna Sowerby 1819 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia lingonensis" = Liotrigonia lingonensis
"Trigonia lingonensis" = Liotrigonia lingonensis Dumortier 1869 clam