Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.3° 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, gray, green, muddy sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Rosenkrantz in 1934
• Repository: (presumed) University of Coppenhagen
Primary reference: A. Rosenkrantz. 1942. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part II The Mesozoic Sediments of the Kap Hope Area Southern Liverpool Land. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(2):5-55 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162262: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 21.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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Pleuromya costata clam | |
Protocardia cf. oxynoti cockle | |
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus, Aequipecten bierringi
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Aequipecten bierringi Rosenkrantz 1934 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Passaloteuthis cf. apicurvata belemnite | |
Prototeuthis sp. Lemoine 1915 belemnite | |
Polychaeta | |