Where: Greenland (70.8° N, 53.3° W: paleocoordinates 62.2° N, 18.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kangilia Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kangilia Fm, which unconformably overlies the unnamed Late Campanian mudstones, and is unconformably overlain by the Agatdal Fm. AGE: Maastrichtian on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy and palynology. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near middle of formation at ~340 m above base of section, 112 m above the top of the conglomerate (base of Kangilia Fm). Only 10 m below the K-T boundary
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary, sandy, carbonaceous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion
Collected by Nøhr-Hansen & Dam
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTORS: H. Nøhr-Hansen & G. Dam, ~1990's. REPOSITORY: Geological Museum, Copenhagen. Denmark (MMNH) ad Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GGU).
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, H. Nøhr-Hansen, and G. Dam. 1999. The youngest Maastrichtian ammonite faunas from Nuussuaq, West Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 184:13-17 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83141: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hoploscaphites aff. angmartussutensis Birkelund 1965 ammonite |