Milne Land M1/10: Tithonian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
8 specimens
subgenus Cycloserpula
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895
7 specimens
belemnites
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
2 specimens
ammonites
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare (Sowerby 1817)
120 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes morini
13 specimens
Camptonectes praecinctus
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis (White 1885)
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inequivalve (Sowerby 1819)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma informal sp. A
1 specimen
sp. A
Plagiostoma incrassatum
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis radiata (Phillips 1829)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
1 specimen
Liostrea plastica
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon volaticum
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolota
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon schourovskii
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Hartwellia groenlandica
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya triangularis
11 specimens
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris
2 specimens
maimechaensis
Eriphyla saemanni
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
9 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
1 specimen
new species
unclassified
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 70.5° North, 22.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.0° North, 11.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Tithonian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 6
*Epoch:Malm
*International age/stage:Volgian
Key time interval: Tithonian Zone:  Middle Volgian
Age range of interval: 149.2 - 145 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kap Leslie Member:Pernaryggen
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: M1/10 bed
see Birkelund et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:belemnites and ammonites counted but not identified
Metadata
Database number:1203
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-27 18:16:38 Last modified:2017-07-04 12:24:39
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-27 18:16:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37. F. T. Fürsich and D. K. Pandey. 1999. Genesis and environmental significance of Upper Cretaceous shell concentrations from the Cauvery Basin, southern India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 145(1):119-139(21) [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]