Also known as Western side of Agatdalen, 510-530 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 70223: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 20.03.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cyrtobelus birkelundae n. sp.2
Cyrtobelus birkelundae n. sp.2 Fuchs et al. 2012 | |
Scaphites (Discoscaphites) waagei, "Scaphites (Discoscaphites) angmartussutensis n. sp." = Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis
"Scaphites (Discoscaphites) angmartussutensis n. sp." = Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis Birkelund 1965 ammonite | |
Baculites cf. meeki Elias 1933 ammonite | |
Saghalinites wrighti n. sp.
Saghalinites wrighti n. sp. Birkelund 1965 ammonite | |
Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) groenlandicum Birkelund 1965 ammonite | |
Malacostraca | |
"Eohomola adelphina n. gen. n. sp." = Latheticocarcinus adelphinus1
"Eohomola adelphina n. gen. n. sp." = Latheticocarcinus adelphinus1 Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 crab | |
Dromiopsis granulata n. sp.1
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Lyreidus rosenkrantzi n. sp.1
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