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 22945: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.07.2002
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Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Oculina becki Nielsen 1922 stony coral | |
Astrangia (Coenangia) cf. cretacea Bölsche 1870 stony coral | |
"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni
"Flabellum groenlandicum" = Flabellum anderssoni Felix 1909 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Nipteraxis sp. snail | |
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail | |
Diodora sp., "Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia)
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
"Semperia sp." = Emarginula (Semperia) Crosse 1867 snail | |
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
cf. Grandipatula sp. Cossmann 1889 slug | |
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella), "Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina
"Ravniella groenlandica" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala)
"? Coniscala sp." = Epitonium (Coniscala) de Boury 1887 wentletrap | |
Vanikoropsis sp. Meek 1876 snail | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail | |
Ficus sp., "Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus)
Ficus sp. Röding 1798 fig shell
"Fulguroficus sp." = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus) Grabau 1904 fig shell | |
"Hemipleurotoma sp." = Gemmula
"Hemipleurotoma sp." = Gemmula Weinkauff 1875 turrid | |
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma)
"Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma) Bellardi 1875 snail | |
Turricula sp., "Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula)
Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
"Crenaturricula sp." = Turricula (Crenaturricula) Vokes 1939 snail | |
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre | |
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute | |
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail | |
cf. Haplovoluta sp. Wade 1918 snail | |
"Merica sp." = Cancellaria (Merica)
"Merica sp." = Cancellaria (Merica) Adams and Adams 1854 snail | |
"cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Penion sp., Pseudoliva sp., "Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia), Cominella sp., Siphonalia sp.
"cf. Trophonopsis sp." = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk
Penion sp. Fischer 1884 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
"Pollia sp." = Cantharus (Pollia) Sowerby 1843 true whelk
Cominella sp. Gray 1850 true whelk
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk | |
Sycostoma sp. Cox 1931 snail | |
Boltenella sp. Wade 1917 snail
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell |