Astarte Elv Block B (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)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, conglomeratic limestone

• hard, conglomeratic arkose-limestone (less conglomeratic than Block A)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in August, 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 162077: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 19.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Stolmorhynchia sp.
Stolmorhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sacculus
Lingula sacculus Chapuis and Dewalque 1854
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana subovalis
Nuculana subovalis pointed nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia hybrida, Cardinia listeri, Cardinia concinna
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam
Cardinia listeri Sowerby 1817 clam
Cardinia concinna Sowerby 1819 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia johnstrupi
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Arcomya longa, Arcomya aff. pelea, Arcomya ? sp.
Arcomya ? sp. Agassiz 1838 clam
 Ichnofossils -
"Ophiomorpha" sp.
"Ophiomorpha" sp. Lundgren 1891