Where: Greenland (74.6° N, 19.8° W: paleocoordinates 59.0° N, 12.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Albrechts Bugt Member (Palnatokes Bjerg Formation), Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Albrechts Bugt of the Palnatokes Bjerg, which conformably overlies the Bernbjerg Fm (Jurassic) and is overlain by the Rødryggen Mbr. AGE: Early Valanginian, on the basis of ammonoid and belemnoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From between 2-3 m, near base of section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, concretionary siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: P. Alsen, 1996-2001; and other workers: Donovan, 1950-1952; Surlyk, 1974, 1994; Piasecki, 1986. REPOSITORY: GMUH (Geological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark).

Primary reference: P. Alsen and J. Mutterlose. 2009. The Early Cretaceous of north-east Greenland: a crossroads of belemnite migration. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 280:168-182 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97571: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.08.2010

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