Milne Land M1/2: Tithonian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895
3 specimens
belemnites
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
8 specimens
ammonites
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Delphinula sp. Lamarck 1804
5 specimens
synonym of Angaria
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Bullinidae
Sulcoactaeon peroskianus
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon schourovskii
34 specimens
(Grammatodon)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia mosquensis (White 1885)
3 specimens
synonym of Buchia piochii
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inequivalve (Sowerby 1819)
8 specimens
recombined as Oxytoma inequivalvis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare (Sowerby 1817)
8 specimens
synonym of Syncyclonema nilsoni
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes morini
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolota
3 specimens
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
21 specimens
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus elongatus
1 specimen
(Strimodiolus)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya bicarinata
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa (Sowerby 1823)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uralensis
1 specimen
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Pleuromya triangularis
3 specimens
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
15 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945
1 specimen
originally entered as "Corbulomina sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina birkelundi
152 specimens
(Venericyprina)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Corbicellopsis aff. lorioli
1 specimen
originally entered as "Corbicellopsis aff. lorioli"
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte praeveneris
21 specimens
praeveneris
Eriphyla saemanni
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella intermedia
1 specimen
Bivalvia
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884
1 specimen
heterodont indet.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
Taimyrothyris sp. Dagys 1968
1 specimen
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea latissima
3 specimens
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
subgenus Tetraserpula
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
7 specimens
subgenus Cycloserpula
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
cyprinid bivalve
unclassified
Curvolithus sp. Fritsch 1908
Teichichnus sp. Seilacher 1955
Thalassinoides suevicus (Rieth 1932)
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/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
*Epoch:Malm
*International age/stage:Volgian
Key time interval:Tithonian Zone: Lower-Middle Volgian
Age range of interval:152.10000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kap Leslie Member:Krebsedal
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: M1/2 bed
see Birkelund, T. et al. 1984. Gronlands geol. Undersog. Bull. 147
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation 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,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:ammonites and belemnites counted but not identified
Metadata
Database number:1212
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-28 10:11:14 Last modified:2017-07-04 12:25:34
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-28 10:11:14
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]