Mt. Harris Fjaeld 470m (top of the mountain) (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.7° N, 22.9° W: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• "Charmouthian"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow, muddy sandstone and lithified shale

• yellow sandstones alternating with shales

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Rosenkrantz, Tom Harris in 2nd, 1926 July 21st, 1927

• 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 162085: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 19.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya aff. elongata Schlotheim 1822 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Glypheidae
Glyphea rosenkrantzi Van Straelen 1929 decapod
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus (Isocrinus) ? sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily