NW spur of Profilbjerg Unit 6 (Triassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (71.7° N, 23.9° W: paleocoordinates 28.7° N, 12.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wordie Creek Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Upper Griesbachian, based on ammonoid fauna (Ophiceras commune)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; micaceous, gray, green, silty, calcareous shale and lenticular, calcareous sandstone

• 15-18m greenish-grey, calcareous, silty and micaceous shales. A few thin layers of caclareous sandstone are interbedded in the upper part. The base of one of these is formed by a lenticular coquina, only 1-2cm thick, with beautifully preserved ammonites (sic) (sample T240)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: K. Grasmuck and R. Trümpy. 1969. Triassic stratigraphy and general geology of the country around Fleming Fjord. Meddeleser om Grønland 168(2):1-77 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48045: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 11.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Sarcopterygii -
Sarcopterygii indet.
Sarcopterygii indet. lobe-finned fish
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia stachei
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras sp., Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras ligatum
Ophiceras sp. Griesbach 1880 ceratite
Ophiceras commune Spath 1930 ceratite
"abundant"
Ophiceras ligatum Spath 1935 ceratite