Kumait III (Bed 15) (Jurassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (70.5° N, 22.2° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 6.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, muddy sandstone

• green, shaly sandstone

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 162276: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 21.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris sp. Buckman 1917
Gastropoda
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Aequipecten bierringi, "Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus
Aequipecten bierringi Rosenkrantz 1934 scallop
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inaequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inaequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya ambigua Sowerby 1819 clam
Arcomya aff. pelea clam
Arcomya aff. pelea ?
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium phillipianum cockle
Cardium (Jurassicardium?) phillipianum
 Cardiida - Arcticidae