Locality 92, S Mols Bjerge, Traill Ø (Cretaceous of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (72.5° N, 22.6° W: paleocoordinates 56.9° N, 10.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) undulatoplicatilis ammonoid zone, Rodryggen Member (Palnatokes Bjerg Formation), Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified mudstone

• Rodryggen Member was deposited on the crest of a filled half-graben basin
• loose blocks of hard red calcareous mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum, Copenhagen (MGUH)

Primary reference: P. Alsen and P. F. Rawson. 2005. The Early Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ammonite Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) from North-East Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52(2):201-212 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62527: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Lacunosella groenlandica
 Terebratulida - Nucleatidae
Nucleata sp.
Nucleata sp. Quenstedt 1868
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp.
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
"Neocraspedites sp." = Tollia (Neocraspedites), Dichotomites sp., Polyptychites sp.
"Neocraspedites sp." = Tollia (Neocraspedites) Spath 1923 ammonite
Dichotomites sp. Koenen 1909 ammonite
Polyptychites sp. Pavlow 1892 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) christenseni n. sp.
Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) christenseni n. sp. Alsen and Rawson 2005 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp.
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp.
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop