Where: Greenland (70.7° N, 53.1° W: paleocoordinates 62.0° N, 17.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• 980-990 m above sea level; Maastrichtian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified 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.
•Museum repositories: MMH
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 70240: 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 | |
"Scaphites (Discoscaphites) sp." = Discoscaphites, "Scaphites (Discoscaphites) aff. angmartussutensis" = Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis
"Scaphites (Discoscaphites) sp." = Discoscaphites Meek 1870 ammonite
"Scaphites (Discoscaphites) aff. angmartussutensis" = Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis Birkelund 1965 ammonite | |
Malacostraca | |
Mecochirus rostratus Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 decapod |