Also known as Agatkløft, 405-410 m
Where: Greenland (70.6° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 61.8° N, 17.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: 'Most of the material described in this paper was collected during the Nugssuaq Expeditions in 1938-1939 and during the current geological mapping of Svartenhuk and Nugssuaq under the auspices of the Geological Survey of Greenland. Both were carried out under the leadership of Professor A. Rosenkrantz.' The author himself joined two of the expeditions.
•Repository: Natural History Museum of Denmark (MGUH)
Primary reference: T. Birkelund. 1965. Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of West Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 179(7):1-192 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70221: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 20.03.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Mecochirus rostratus n. sp.
Mecochirus rostratus n. sp. Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 decapod | |
"Eohomola adelphina" = Latheticocarcinus adelphinus
"Eohomola adelphina" = Latheticocarcinus adelphinus Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 crab | |
Lyreidus rosenkrantzi Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 crab | |
Cephalopoda | |
Saghalinites wrighti Birkelund 1965 ammonite | |
Scaphites (Discoscaphites) waagei, "Scaphites (Discoscaphites) angmartussutensis" = Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis
Scaphites (Discoscaphites) waagei Birkelund 1965 ammonite
"Scaphites (Discoscaphites) angmartussutensis" = Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis Birkelund 1965 ammonite |