Where: Greenland (70.6° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 62.9° N, 23.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Turritellakloft Member (Agatdal Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, black shale and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: H. A. Kollmann and J. S. Peel. 1983. Paleocene gastropods from Nûgssuaq, West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, Bulletin 146:1-115 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22944: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.07.2002, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala)
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala) de Boury 1887 wentletrap | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847 turret shell | |
cf. Leucosyrinx sp. Dall 1889 snail | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
aff. Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail | |
? Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Cossmannia sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
Protocypraea sp. Schilder 1927 cowry | |
Ficus sp., "Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus)
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
"Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus) Grabau 1904 fig shell | |
Exilia sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
cf. Haplovoluta sp. Wade 1918 snail | |
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail | |
cf. Coptostoma sp. Cossmann 1899 snail
Cancelrana sp. Palmer 1937 snail | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Boltenella sp. Wade 1917 snail | |
? Coptochetus sp., "cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Laevibuccinum sp., Pseudoliva sp., Strepsidura sp., "cf. Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia), Penion sp., cf. Penion sp., Siphonalia sp., Suessonia sp., Parvisipho sp., Cominella sp.
? Coptochetus sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk
"cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk
Laevibuccinum sp. Conrad 1865 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
"cf. Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia) Sowerby 1843 true whelk
Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
cf. Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
Suessonia sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk
Parvisipho sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk
Cominella sp. Gray 1850 true whelk | |
cf. Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute | |
Ancillarina sp. Bellardi 1882 snail | |
"Turricula sp." = Turricula, "Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula), "Surcula sp." = Turricula
"Turricula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
"Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula) Vokes 1939 snail
"Surcula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Clinura sp. Bellardi 1875 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Turris sp. Röding 1798 turrid
Hemisurcula sp. Casey 1904 turrid
"Hemipleurotoma sp." = Gemmula Weinkauff 1875 turrid | |
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma), Cordieria sp.
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma) Bellardi 1875 snail
Cordieria sp. Rouault 1848 snail | |
Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864 snail
cf. Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864 snail | |
aff. Tibia sp. Röding 1798 true conch | |
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell | |
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail | |
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884 snail
Fimbriatella sp. Sacco 1895 snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina, "Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella)
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina snail
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail | |
Gilbertina sp. Morlett 1888 snail | |
Conotomaria sp. Cox 1959 snail
? Leptomaria sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail | |
Chilodontinae indet. Wenz 1938 snail | |
Emarginulina sp., "Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia)
Emarginulina sp. Goldfuss 1870 snail
"Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia) Crosse 1867 snail | |
aff. Tudicla sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
Nipteraxis sp. snail | |
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail | |
cf. Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Neritoplica sp. Oppenheim 1892 snail | |
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Anthozoa | |
? Oculina becki Nielsen 1922 stony coral | |
Haimesiastraea (Haimesiastraea) groenlandica n. sp. stony coral | |
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"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni
"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909 stony coral |