Pal 4/2001 (Loc. 5), 26-27 m [Rødryggen Mbr, Palnatokes Bjerg] (Cretaceous of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (74.6° N, 19.8° W: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 12.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rødryggen Member (Palnatokes Bjerg Formation), Early/Lower Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rødryggen Mbr of the Palnatokes Bjerg, which conformably overlies the Bernbjerg Fm (Jurassic) and overlies the Albrechts Bugt Mbr. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From between 26-27 m

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, concretionary siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Offshore siliciclastic marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Concretionary unconsolidated siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, base on facies description and figured specimens

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 97583: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes nathorsti, Hibolithes caroli, Hibolithes ex gr. nathorsti
Hibolithes ex gr. nathorsti belemnite
Hibolithes ex gr. nathorsti-caroli