Milne Land M1/f: Tithonian, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae
47 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
2 specimens
Hartwellia sp. Kitchin 1926
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa (Sowerby 1823)
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare (Sowerby 1817)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis radiata (Phillips 1829)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inequivalve (Sowerby 1819)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
4 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
1 specimen
Sabellida - Serpulidae
3 specimens
subgenus Cycloserpula
unclassified
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 70.5° North, 22.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.1° North, 13.8° East (Wright 2013)
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 - 143.1 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kap Leslie Member:Krebsedal
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: M 1/f 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
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:1218
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-28 10:27:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-28 10:27:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]