North Wollaston Forland [Lindemann Bugt Fm] (Cretaceous of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.5° N, 20.0° W: paleocoordinates 58.8° N, 12.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Llindemann Bugt Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Lindemann Bugt Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are unknown. AGE: Valanginian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite for entire formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Assumed to be siliciclastic marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown lithification state.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, possibly Spath. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: P. Alsen. 2006. The Early Cretaceous (Late Ryazanian-Early Hauterivian) ammonite fauna of North-East Greenland: taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and biogeography. Fossils and Strata 53:1-229 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83714: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea. Other taxa may be present but are not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with revision of older names using modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
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