Kumait III (Bed 11, 60-73cm) (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.2° W: paleocoordinates 52.3° N, 6.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Uptonia jamesoni ammonoid zone, Jamesoni (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, sandy limestone

• hard, arenaceous limestone with large accumulation of M. scalprum

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rosenkrantz

• 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 162274: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 21.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia lingonensis" = Liotrigonia lingonensis
"Trigonia lingonensis" = Liotrigonia lingonensis Dumortier 1869 clam
 Carditida - Hippopodiidae
Hippopodium ponderosum Sowerby 1819 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia concinna Sowerby 1819 clam
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya ambigua Sowerby 1819 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola laevis" = Modiolus, "Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum
"Modiola laevis" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiola scalprum" = Modiolus (Modiolus) scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Chlamys substriata Roemer 1835 scallop
Chlamys substriata rinki
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inaequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inaequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Uptonia jamesoni Sowerby 1827 ammonite