East of Cape Stosch 4 (Triassic of Greenland)

Also known as Locality VIII

Where: Greenland (73.9° N, 21.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 11.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wordie Creek Formation, Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

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 48120: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 14.03.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Proptychites rosenkrantzi Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae
Ophiceras transitorium Spath 1930 ceratite
Ophiceras aff. greenlandicum Spath 1930 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina groenlandica Newell 1955 clam