Svartenhuk Halvo Locality 9-938 (Pleistocene of Greenland)

Also known as GCI 74-938

Where: Greenland (71.5° N, 55.3° W: paleocoordinates 71.5° N, 55.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• no formation given-reaching altitudes of 35 m above sea level

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; unlithified, pebbly siliciclastic sediments

• The sites represent raised spits cuspate forelands and deltas/alluvial cones.
• Lithologically the sites consist of littoral gravel and sublittoral mud. It is possible that these diamictons are glaciomarine sediments but they may also represent solifluctuation deposits.

Primary reference: O. Bennike, K.B. Hansen, K.L. Knudsen, D.N. Penney, and K.L. Rasmussen. 1994. Quaternary marine stratigraphy and geochronology in central West Greenland. Boreas 23:194-215 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75130: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 24.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Yoldia fraterna" = Yoldiella nana
"Yoldia fraterna" = Yoldiella nana Sars 1865 clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam
var. striata
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum sp. Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin
 Ichnofossils -
Caulostrepsis sp. Clarke 1908