Svartenhuk Halvo Locality 10-941 (Pleistocene of Greenland)

Also known as GCI 74-941

Where: Greenland (71.5° N, 55.0° W: paleocoordinates 71.5° N, 55.0° 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 75133: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 24.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Actinula greenlandica
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Portlandia arctica
Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Yoldiella fraterna" = Yoldiella nana
"Yoldiella fraterna" = Yoldiella nana Sars 1865 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis vitreus