Agatdalen, oyster-ammonite conglomerate, Nugssuaq, West Greenland (Paleocene of Greenland)
Where: Greenland (70.6° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 62.4° N, 20.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified conglomerate
• oyster-ammonite conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Floris. 1972. Scleractinian corals from the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary of Nugssuaq, West Greenland. Meddelelser om Groenland 196(1):1-132 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69613: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.02.2007
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| Anthozoa | |
"Caryophyllia agatdalensis n. sp." = Caryophyllia mediavia
"Caryophyllia agatdalensis n. sp." = Caryophyllia mediavia Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral | |