NNW of Igterajivit (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.4° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 6.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cape Stewart Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, ferruginous, micaceous, gray, calcareous sandstone

• very large, highly fossiliferous block of a hard, grey to dark-grey rather fine-grained micaceous, ferruginous and calcareous sandstone, penetrated by calcite-filled cracks are found.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: shellbed

Collected by Lauge Koch, A. Rosenkrantz in 21st and 25th 1926. July 30th, 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 162113: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 19.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea sp.
Echinoidea sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula limax
Gastropoda
  -
Trochopsis ? sp.
Trochopsis ? sp. Gemmellaro 1878 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea cf. fontis
 Patellida - Acmaeidae
Scurriopsis ? vendaensis, Scurriopsis sp.
Scurriopsis sp. Gemellaro 1879 limpet
 Turbinoidea - Proconulidae
Proconulus (Epulotrochus) epulus
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya sp.
Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Ptychomphalus consobrinus, Ptychomphalus sp.
Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria (Sissenna) procera
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana aff. complanata
Nuculana aff. complanata pointed nut clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya hybrida, Pholadomya ambigua, Arcomya longa, Arcomya sp.
Pholadomya ambigua Sowerby 1819 clam
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pseudotrapezium cuculatum
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp., Tancredia johnstrupi
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
Tancredia n. sp. A
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium phillipianum
Cardium phillipianum cockle
Cardium (Jurassicardium?) phillipianum
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha decorata
Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya costata
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Gresslya lunulata, Gresslya punctata, Gresslya sp.
Gresslya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya lindhammeri, Mactromya ? groenlandica
Mactromya ? groenlandica Rosenkrantz 1934 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aff. liasina
Venericardia aff. liasina clam
Venericardia? aff. liasina
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte striatosulcata
 Carditida - Hippopodiidae
Hippopodium ponderosum
Hippopodium ponderosum Sowerby 1819 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia hybrida
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola laevis" = Modiolus, "Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum
"Modiola laevis" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia laevis
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp., Isognomon aff. infraliassica
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. folium
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cymbium, Liostrea irregularis
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus, Aequipecten aequivalvis, Chlamys cf. textoria, Chlamys substriata, Camptonectes sp.
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Chlamys cf. textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Chlamys substriata Roemer 1835 scallop
Chlamys substriata rinki
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium frontale
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula pectinoides, Plicatula cf. laevigata
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis minuta
Placunopsis minuta Lundgren 1895 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Pseudolimea) booneri, Lima succincta, "Lima (Plagiostoma) eucharis" = Plagiostoma, "Lima roemeri" = Limea (Pseudolimea) roemeri
Lima succincta Dumortier 1867 file clam
"Lima (Plagiostoma) eucharis" = Plagiostoma file clam
"Lima roemeri" = Limea (Pseudolimea) roemeri Brauns 1871 file clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. buckmani, Parallelodon cypriniformis
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea munsteri
Aulacotrochus
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cf. Aulacotrochus nitens
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Grandirhynchia sp., Tetrarhynchia sp.
Grandirhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
Tetrarhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
Tetrarhynchia sp. A
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Squamirhynchia aff. squamiplex
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Piarorhynchia ? sp.
Piarorhynchia ? sp. Buckman 1917
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina muensteri
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris aff. punctata