Laksebugt Locality 47-957 (Holocene of Greenland)

Also known as GCI 74-957

Where: Greenland (69.3° N, 54.8° W: paleocoordinates 69.2° N, 54.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• Shell-bearing marine 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 75218: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 26.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Onoba aculeus Gould 1841 snail
 Patellida - Acmaeidae
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis Müller 1776 limpet
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae