Mt. Nathorst Fjaeld, Locality 2 (508-511m) (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.8° N, 23.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 5.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in 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 162094: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 19.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae
 Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Megateuthis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) cf. toarcensis" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) cf. toarcensis" = Plagiostoma file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya aff. elongata Schlotheim 1822 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Rhynchonella sp. indet.