PBDB Collection

Blok Elv (Jurassic of Greenland)

Also known as Block River

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.1° W: paleocoordinates 52.3° N, 6.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, gray, green limestone

• fine-grained, deep greyish-green limestone with numerous fossils and scattered quartz and feldspar grains of the size of a pea. Large accumulation of C. concinna oriented convex side up.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: shellbed

Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in 23rd, 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 162110: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 19.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana zieteni Nuculana zieteni Brauns 1871 pointed nut clam
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Entolium frontale, Entolium callosum Entolium frontale scallop Entolium callosum Lundgren 1895 scallop
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula pectinoides, Plicatula cf. laevigata Plicatula pectinoides scallop Plicatula cf. laevigata scallop
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Placunopsis minuta Placunopsis minuta Lundgren 1895 scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima (Pseudolimea) boonei, Lima succincta, Limea acuticosta Lima (Pseudolimea) boonei file clam Lima succincta Dumortier 1867 file clam Limea acuticosta file clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus, Chlamys substriata "Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop Chlamys substriata Roemer 1835 scallop Chlamys substriata rinki
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Gryphaea cymbium, Gryphaea arcuata, Liostrea irregularis Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819 oyster Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster Liostrea irregularis oyster
Ostreida - Malleidae	Isognomon sp. Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
Mytilida - Mytilidae	"Modiola sp." = Modiolus, "Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum "Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel "Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
Lucinida - Mactromyidae	Mactromya ? groenlandica Mactromya ? groenlandica Rosenkrantz 1934 clam
Pholadida - Pleuromyidae	Pleuromya costata Pleuromya costata clam
Pholadida - Ceratomyidae	Gresslya lunulata Gresslya lunulata clam
Cardiida - Tancrediidae	Tancredia sp., Tancredia johnstrupi Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam Tancredia n. sp. A Tancredia johnstrupi clam
Cardiida - Kalenteridae	Myoconcha decorata Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837 clam
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Goniomya hybrida Goniomya hybrida clam
Carditida - Hippopodiidae	Hippopodium ponderosum Hippopodium ponderosum Sowerby 1819 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia aff. liasina Venericardia aff. liasina clam Venericardia? aff. liasina
Carditida - Astartidae	Astarte wandeli, Astarte bayi Astarte wandeli Lundgren 1895 clam Astarte bayi Lundgren 1895 clam
Carditida - Cardiniidae	Cardinia aff. attenuata, Cardinia concinna, Cardinia hybrida Cardinia aff. attenuata clam Cardinia concinna Sowerby 1819 clam Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam