Cape Stosch (Triassic of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (73.9° N, 21.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 12.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• This is an out of place block

Environment/lithology: offshore; micaceous, gray, green sandstone

• Dr. Kock found the loose block of greenish-grey micaceous sandstone, teeming with fossils.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: L. F. Spath. 1930. The Eotriassic invertebrate fauna of East Greenland. Meddeleser om Grønland 83(1):1-90 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48115: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 14.03.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Otoceratidae
Otoceras sp. Griesbach 1880 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Glyptophiceras sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras aff. subsakuntala Spath 1935 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia cf. humilis Böhm 1895 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Bellerophon borealis" = Warthia borealis
"Bellerophon borealis" = Warthia borealis Spath 1930 snail
Bivalvia
 Pterioida - Prospondylidea
"Enantiostreon cf. difforme" = Terquemia difformis
"Enantiostreon cf. difforme" = Terquemia difformis Schlotheim 1820 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina groenlandica Newell 1955 clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis cf. venetiana Hauer 1850 scallop
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Anodontophora spp." = Unionites, "Anodontophora aff. canalensis" = Unionites canalensis, "Anodontophora cf. subrecta" = Unionites subrectus
"Anodontophora spp." = Unionites Wissman 1841 clam
"Anodontophora aff. canalensis" = Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847 clam
"Anodontophora cf. subrecta" = Unionites subrectus Bittner 1901 clam
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899